The story
- Catalan · derived fromBatlle
- Danish · borrowed fromBalle
- Dutch · borrowed fromBalle
- English todayBalle
Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Balle, a reduced form of any of various Germanic names beginning with the element *balþaz (“bold”). * Borrowed from Danish Balle, a habitational surname from balle (“slope; hill”). * A respelling of Catalan Batlle, an occupational surname from batlle (“mayor”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.