Balli
Balli is a short form of a Norse masculine name containing ballr (bold).
Reference:
Balli [Hugh Smith 1961 English Place-Name Society 30: 27].
Stem:
ballr = kühn [Jan de Vries 1962 Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd edition, page 24].
Suffix:
“Short forms of names in Class A formed by the addition of the suffixes -i (masc.) or -a (fem.) to one or other of the elements” [Gillian Jensen 1968 Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, page xxxi].
Evidence:
The place-name Ballebi, or Balleby, recorded in 1086, is believed to mean “Balli’s farmstead” [Hugh Smith 1961 English Place-Name Society 30: 27].
