Ball

Meaning

1. An English surname.
2. A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.
3. A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).

Etymology

Multiple theories and origins.
* From a short form of the Middle English given name Baldwin.
* A toponymic surname for a person that lives near a knoll or rounded hill (i.e. somewhere shaped like a ball).
* From the Old Norse given name Balle.
* A habitational surname for a person from Ball, Cornwall, from Cornish Pelen.

Sentences

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder , Colorado , designed and built the spacecraft .