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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Croatian (Balić) : patronymic from the personal name Bali, a pet form of the personal names Baltazar or Balint.
  • Bosnian (Balić) : patronymic from balija, a status term for the lowest rank in a Muslim village.

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