Ballard - Meaning of Ballard

What does Ballard mean?

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Ballard

[ 2 syll. bal-lar(d), ba-lla-rd ] The baby boy name Ballard is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BAEL-aaRD †. Ballard is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Old Norse origins. The name is of the meaning round-shaped.

Balard, Balardt, Balerd, Balhard, Balhardt, Ballardt, Ballerd, Ballhard, and Ballhardt are variants of Ballard.

Ball (short form) is another variant of Ballard.

See also the related categories, english and round.

Ballard is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.006% of baby boys were given the name Ballard. Its ranking then was #863. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is now of infrequent use. Within all boy names in its group, Ballard was nonetheless the most popular in 2018. Ballard has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Ballard include Balhard, Balhardt, Ballardt, Ballhard, Ballhardt, Balerd, and Ballerd.

† Pronunciation for Ballard: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"