Släkthistoria för Balic
Balic Vad efternamn betyder
Bosniak Serbian and Croatian (Balić): patronymic from Bosnian Serbian and Croatian balija a status term (of Turkish and ultimately of Arabic origin) for a villager of the lowest rank in areas of the former Turkish occupation in the Balkans. As a Bosniak name it may also be a patronymic from the old Bosniak Muslim personal name Balija of Turkish origin ultimately probably derived from the Arabic word bāl ‘mind’. Croatian and Serbian (Balić): patronymic from a short or pet form of any of various personal names beginning with Ba(l)- or Bra- e.g. Bratoljub (it is composed of the Slavic elements brat ‘brother’ and ljub ‘to love’ or ‘dear’) and as a Croatian name Baltazar. Compare Balich and Balick.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
