Definition of "Bailey"

An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.  examples

An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).  examples

An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

(chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin).  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.  examples

4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.  examples

5. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.  examples

6. A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.  examples

An apple cultivar from New York  examples