Bal is a surname of

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, ''bal'' means "ball" and the name sometimes is

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name ...

(e.g. indicating a ball player), but primarily appears

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

after a short form of the name Baldwin.Bal
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. In Turkish, ''bal'' means "honey", and could have a metonymic occupational origin from e.g. a beekeeper. Polish surname originated in the XVth century with Jan I Bal. His descendants held various titles and offices in south-eastern part of Poland until

partitions Partition may refer to: Computing Hardware * Disk partitioning, the division of a hard disk drive * Memory partition, a subdivision of a computer's memory, usually for use by a single job Software * Partition (database), the division of a ...

Baligród Baligród ( uk, Балигород, ''Balyhorod'') is a village in Lesko County, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (province) of south-eastern Poland. It is also the seat of the municipality (''gmina'') called Gmina Baligród. Location: 49°21' ...

("Bal's borough" in Polish) was founded by Piotr II Bal. According to the Universal Electronic System for Registration of the Population in 2002 there were 2016 people with that surname living in Poland. Many Odias also have the surname Bal. Mostly they are the Khandayats in Odisha .In ancient indian subcontinent mostly the Bal surname Bengalis were the Zamindars of Uruilla, A village in Dhaka. People with the name include: * Andriy Bal (1958–2014), Ukrainian footballer and coach *

Anton Bal Anton Bal (born 29 November 1963) is a Roman Catholic archbishop from Papua New Guinea. Born in Yuri ( Kundiawa), Bal was ordained to the priesthood on 17 December 1991. On 5 June 2007, Bal was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Di ...

(born 1963), Papua-New Guinea Catholic bishop of Dutch descent * Bülent Bal (born 1977), Turkish footballer *

Cees Bal Cornelius Bal (born 21 November 1951) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He won the Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium ...

(born 1951), Dutch racing cyclist * Dileep G. Bal (born 1945), Indian-American physician * Duygu Bal (born 1987), Turkish volleyball player * Emre Bal (born 1997), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent * Hannie Bal (1921–2012), Dutch painter * Hartosh Singh Bal (born 1966/67), Indian editor, journalist, and columnist *

Henri Bal Henri Elle Bal (born 16 April 1958) is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is a well-known researcher in computer systems with a specialization in parallel computer systems, languages, and a ...

(born 1958), Dutch computer scientist *

İdris Bal İdris Bal (born 25 April 1968 in Altıntaş Kütahya) is a Turkish politician and academic who led the Democratic Progress Party (DGP) between 4 November 2014 and 31 March 2015. He serves as a Member of Parliament for Kütahya Province, havin ...

(born 1968), Turkish politician and political scientist * Jagmeet Bal (born 1972), Indian music video director *

Jeanne Bal Jeanne Bal (May 3, 1928 – April 30, 1996) was an American actress and model who worked primarily in 1960s television. Early years A Chicago native, Bal was an only child, the daughter of Joseph Peter Bal (1899–1981), a Monogram Pictures sc ...

(1928–1996), American actress * Kadir Bal (born 1966), Turkish bureaucrat, diplomat, and engineer * Martyn Bal (born 1976), Dutch fashion designer *

Mieke Bal Maria Gertrudis "Mieke" Bal (born 14 March 1946 in Heemstede) is a Dutch cultural theorist, video artist, and Professor Emerita in Literary Theory at the University of Amsterdam. Previously she also was Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands ...

(born 1946), Dutch cultural theorist and video artist *

Nanda Kishore Bal Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was ado ...

(1875–1928), Indian (Odia) poet *

Navjeet Bal Navjeet K. Bal is an American lawyer at Nixon Peabody’s Public Finance group, and was the second woman to be appointed Commissioner of Revenue of Massachusetts state where she served from 2008 to 2013. She is the first minority and first south A ...

, American jurist *

Nicolas Bal Nicholas Bal (born 2 June 1978) is a former French Nordic combined skier who competed from 1996 to 2007. At the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), w ...

(born 1978), French Nordic combined skier *

Randall Bal Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community * Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city *Randall, Minnesot ...

(born 1980), American backstroke swimmer *

Rohit Bal Rohit Bal is an Indian fashion designer. He designs for both men and women. Early life Rohit Bal was born in the city of Srinagar in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India on 8 May 1961 into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Bal received his Bach ...

(born 1961), Indian fashion designer *

Rupan Bal Rupanjit Singh Bal (born January 26, 1990) is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber, actor, director and comedian. Bal became famous for his comedic roles in videos produced by fellow Indo-Canadian comic and YouTuber Jus Reign, and parleyed that role int ...

(born 1990), Indian-born Canadian actor and comedian *

Sambit Bal Sambit Bal is an Indian journalist who was born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, India. He spent 15 years in mainstream journalism working in some of India's leading publishing houses before joining Wisden in 2001. He was the first editor of '' Wisd ...

, Indian journalist *

Vidya Bal Vidya Bal (Devanagari: विद्या बाळ) (c. 12 January 1937 – 30 January 2020) was a Marathi feminist writer/editor from Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India o ...

(1937–2020), Indian (Marathi) writer and editor *

Vincent Bal Vincent Bal (born 25 February 1971) is a Belgian filmmaker and visual artist widely known for his artwork based around shadows cast by everyday objects. As a writer and director he is best known for ''Miss Minoes'' (2001), '' The Zigzag Kid'' (201 ...

(born 1971), Belgian movie director * Vineeta Bal, Indian immunologist

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