What is the origin of the name Bailhache?
apparently from Old French and Norman French (including Channel Islands) baille hache ‘give axe’ perhaps used as an occupational nickname for a woodman or an executioner. Compare Balhatchet. But continental French records [...]
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What is the origin of the name Bailhache?
apparently from Old French and Norman French (including Channel Islands) baille hache ‘give axe’ perhaps used as an occupational nickname for a woodman or an executioner. Compare Balhatchet. But continental French records [...]