Bailhache (surname)

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Bailhache, from Norman French baille hache meaning to "give axe" or to "bear axe", perhaps used as an occupational surname for an executioner or a woodman, is a surname known from Jersey, England, and elsewhere. [1] [2] Notable people with this surname include:

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References

  1. Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 18. ISBN   978-0-19-252747-9 . Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 158. ISBN   978-0-415-05737-0 . Retrieved 16 September 2018.