Bailey is a given name derived from the surname Bailey. The most likely derivation of the surname is from ''bailli'', the Anglo-Norman equivalent of '' bailiff''. Use of surnames as masculine given names is mostly an American fashion of the 19th century. An early American bearer of the given name was Bailey Bartlett (1750–1830). Occasional use of Bailey as given name in the USA is recorded throughout the 19th century, but it mostly fell out of use by the 1940s. In the 1980s, it saw a resurgence of popularity as a feminine name beginning in the 1980s, popularized by the female character Bailey Quarters in the American comedy television sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' (1978-1982), played by Jan Smithers. In the 1990s to 2000s, there was also a resurgence in use as a masculine name. Following the US fashion, the name came to be used in other English-speaking countries beginning in the 1990s. In England, itranked among the top 200 masculine names names in the 1990s. Bailey was the 70th most popular name for boys born in

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in 2007 and was the 91st most popular name for boys born in

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in 2006.

Notable people with the given name

Masculine

* Bailey Akehurst (born 2003), English professional footballer *

Bailey Aldrich Bailey Aldrich (April 23, 1907 – September 25, 2002) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the D ...

(1907-2002), American judge and lawyer *

Bailey Ashford Colonel Bailey Kelly Ashford (September 28, 1873 – November 1, 1934) was an American physician who had a military career in the United States Army, and afterward taught full-time at the School of Tropical Medicine in Puerto Rico, which he hel ...

(1873-1934), American physician and army soldier * Bailey Banfield (born 1998), Australian professional rules footballer * Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), American politician *

Bailey Barton Burritt Bailey Barton Burritt (31 May 1878 – 18 June 1954) was a United States public health and social welfare advocate known as "the father of the family health movement." He was the chairman of the executive council of the Community Service Society. ...

(1878-1954), American public health- and social welfare advocate and physician * Bailey Biondi-Odo (born 2001), Australian professional rugby league footballer *

Bailey Brown Bailey Brown (June 16, 1917 – October 6, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and prior to that was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Weste ...

(1917-2004), American judge and navy officer * Bailey Capel (born 2000), Australian cricketer *

Bailey Chase Bailey Chase Luetgert (born May 1, 1972) is an American stage and television actor. Chase is known for his role as Cory Snyder in '' Walk. Ride. Rodeo.'', as Butch Ada in the television series '' Saving Grace'', as Graham Miller in ''Buffy the V ...

(born 1972), American stage and television actor * Bailey Clements (born 2000), English footballer * Bailey Dale (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Bailey Davies (1884-1968), Welsh rugby union fullback * Bailey Falter (born 1997), American baseball player * Bailey Farquharson, Australian murder victim *

Bailey Feltmate Bailey Feltmate (born January 22, 1998) is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). University career Feltmate played U Sports football for the Acadia Axemen from 2016 to 2019 ...

(born 1998), Canadian professional football player * Bailey Gaither (born 1997), American football player * Bailey Gatzert (1829-1893), American politician * Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836), American first Secretary of the Treasury for the Republic of Texas * Bailey Hayward (born 1996), Scottish international rugby league footballer * Bailey Hodgson (born 2002), English professional rugby league footballer * Bailey Howell (born 1937), American former NBA player * Bailey Jacobson, American ortholontist * Bailey Johnson, several people * Bailey Junior Kurariki (born 1989), New Zealand criminal *

Bailey May Bailey Thomas Cabello May (born 6 August 2002) is a Filipino-British singer, model, actor, dancer, and television personality. He first gained recognition through his Sean Kingston and Daniel Padilla covers. In 2015, he successfully auditioned ...

(born 2002), Filipino-British actor, model, singer, dancer, and television personality * Bailey Ober (born 1995), American MLB pitcher *

Bailey Olter Bailey Olter (27 March 1932, Mwoakilloa, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia – 16 February 1999) was a Micronesian political figure. He was elected to the Senate of Micronesian Congress from Ponape district. He served as Vice President ...

(1932-1999), Micronesian politician * Bailey Patrick, English television- and film actor *

Bailey Peacock-Farrell Bailey Peacock-Farrell (born 29 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Burnley. Born and raised in England, he plays international football for Northern Ireland. Peacock-Farrell played in Middlesbrough's ...

(born 1996), English footballer *

Bailey Rice Bailey Rice (born 10 February 1997) is an American College football punter and former Australian rules footballer who plays for the Charlotte 49ers The Charlotte 49ers are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics ...

(born 1997), Australian-born American college football punter and former Australian rules footballer * Bailey Rowe (born 2002), British Virgin Islands footballer * Bailey Santistevan (1901-1954), American baseball coach *

Bailey Simonsson Bailey George Simonsson (born 18 February 1998) is a New Zealand Māori international rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. Background Simonsson was born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia. He ...

(born 1998), New Zealand Maori international rugby league footballer *

Bailey Smith Bailey Smith (born 7 December 2000) is a professional Australian rules football player. Smith was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 7th draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft, making his debut in the 2019 AFL season. He received a nomination ...

(born 2000), Australian rules footballer * Bailey Sugden (born 1997), British kickboxer * Bailey T. Barco (1846-1901), American coast guard captain * Bailey W. Diffie (1902-1983), American historian and teacher * Bailey Walsh (1905-1962), American politician * Bailey Washington (1731-1807), American planter and legislator * Bailey Washington Jr. (1753-1814), American planter and legislator * Bailey Wightman (born 1999), English-born Australian cricketer * Bailey Williams, several people *

Bailey Willis Bailey Willis (March 31, 1857 in Idle Wild-on-Hudson, New York, United States – February 19, 1949 in Palo Alto, California) was a geological engineer who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and lectured at two prominent Amer ...

(1857-1949), American geological engineer * Bailey Wright (born 1992), Australian footballer *

Bailey Zappe Bailey Michael Zappe (, ) (born April 26, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played his first three seasons of college football at Houston Baptist and used his last ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Bailey Zimmerman Bailey Zimmerman (born January 27, 2000) is an American country music artist. In 2022, he charted the singles " Fall in Love" and "Rock and a Hard Place". Early life Zimmerman was born in Louisville, Illinois. Prior to making music, he worked in ...

, American country music artist

Feminine

* Bailey Aarons (born 1997), South African cricketer * Bailey Andison (born 1997), Canadian competitive swimmer * Bailey Boswell, one of Sydney Loofe’s killers * Bailey Bram (born 1990), Canadian retired ice hockey player *

Bailey Bryan Bailey Bryan is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville. Her debut single "Own It" was released as the lead single from her debut EP titled “So Far...” the single debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart. In October 201 ...

(), American singer-songwriter *

Bailey De Young Bailey Marie De Young ('' née'' Buntain; September 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ginny Thompson on ''Bunheads'', Lauren Cooper on '' Faking It'', and Imogene Cleary on ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Career De Y ...

(born 1989), American actress and dancer *

Bailey Doogan Bailey Doogan (October 24, 1941 – July 4, 2022) was an American artist best known for her large-scale, feminist paintings and drawings that offer an unflinching look at the aging, female body and that tackle cultural issues like the equation ...

(1941-2022), American artist *

Bailey Hanks Bailey Noel Hanks Weidman (born Bailey Noel Hanks; February 6, 1988) is an American singer, actress, and dancer best known for winning MTV's '' Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods''. She performed on Broadway as Elle Woods i ...

(born 1988), American singer, actress, and dancer * Bailey Hemphill (born 1998), American former softball player * Bailey Hunt (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Bailey Jay (born 1988), American actress, model, presenter, and podcaster *

Bailey Landry Bailey Landry (born September 25, 1995) was an American softball player for the Scrap Yard Fast Pitch. She attended East Ascension High School in Gonzales, Louisiana. She later attended Louisiana State University, where she was a two-time All-A ...

(born 1995), American softball player * Bailey Mes (born 1989), Auckland-born New Zealand netball player *

Bailey Noble Bailey Ann Noble (born October 13, 1990) is an American actress. She played Adilyn Bellefleur, the half- fairy daughter of sheriff Andy Bellefleur, on HBO's vampire drama series ''True Blood'' (2013–2014), and Anna Assaoui in the 2015 remake o ...

(born 1990), American actress *

Bailey Ryon Bailey Ryon (born May 20, 2002) is a child actress from Southern Pennsylvania. She is known for originating the role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical on Broadway with fellow actresses Milly Shapiro, Oona Laurence, and Sophia Gennusa. She perfor ...

(born 2002), American child actress *

Bailey Sarian Bailey Brooke Sarian (born November 26, 1988) is a YouTuber known for her video series ''Murder, Mystery & Makeup'' and podcast ''Dark History''. She is considered to have been the founder of the “true crime makeup” genre of YouTube videos. ...

(born 1988), American YouTuber, podcaster *

Bailey Tzuke Bailey Tzuke (born Bailey Jean Muggleton-Tzuke; 28 June 1987) is an English singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of the singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke and record producer Paul Muggleton. Tzuke has toured with and performed backing vocals for ...

(born 1987), English singer-songwriter * Bailey Webster (born 1991), American volleyball player * Bailey White (born 1950), American author and National Public Radio commentator

Fictional characters

* Bailey Quarters, on the American television series ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' *Bailey, a

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and a character in the 2016

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animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

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'' *Bailey Salinger, on the American television series

Party of Five ''Party of Five'' is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by ...

Bailey Turner Bailey Turner is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'' played by Calen Mackenzie. The actor has previously appeared in the show as Thomas McPhee in 2011. Mackenzie auditioned for the role of Bailey and a week afte ...

, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''

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