Bayliss

• (surname): Bailes, Bayles, Baylies, Baylis

From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).

Bayliss (countable and uncountable, plural Baylisses)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.

• Bayliss effect

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bayliss is the 13926^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2168 individuals. Bayliss is most common among White (87.13%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bayliss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.