The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived frombaile“village, town”
- English todayBalfour
From Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + pùir, genitive form of pór (“pasture, grass”).
Words from the same roots
Scottish Gaelicbaile all →
BalmainBalcluthaBaledgarno
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.