March 19
Why this day? Bail is a short form of Bailey, and shares its name day.
Bail is celebrated in the United States on March 19.
Bail is a short form of Bailey. It keeps its origin (Old French / Middle English) and meaning — bailiff (steward/officer); or the outer wall/courtyard of a castle, and shares its name day, March 19.
On birth records, Bail is rarely written as such: the Bails are Baileys (123,520 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Bailey page. Bail is also a short form of Baila.
Bail is a short form of Bailey, which means bailiff (steward/officer); or the outer wall/courtyard of a castle.
March 19, together with Bailey: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Bailey.
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