Ballas Family History
Ballas Name Meaning
Greek: from Albanian ballë ‘forehead brow’ a nickname for someone with a prominent brow. Greek: possibly also from bal(l)a ‘ball’ from Italian balla ‘ball bullet; cannonball’ a nickname for someone who was short and fat. German: variant of Baldas from a shortened form of the personal name Baltazar .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022