The Bayles Last Name

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Bayliss could easily become Bayles. At root, the name means “Son of the bailiff”. Before spelling was fixed, Bayliss was also written Bayles. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Bayless and Baylis.

In the 2010 US Census, 2,962 Americans gave Bayles as their last name (rank 10,769). It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country. From 1891 to 2000, 224 births in France were registered under Bayles.

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