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Balki

Gender: Male

Author: DWP

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Balki is an Old Norse masculine name, probably originating as a byname and perhaps derived from a word cognate with Modern Norwegian balk ‘confusion’ (Fellows Jensen 1968: 46).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Balki 1, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB. This suggests that the name was extremely rare in pre-Conquest England.

Bibliography

Fellows Jensen 1968: G. Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen, 1968)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Balchi

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Bálki

Phillimore edition: Balki

Alecto edition: Balki

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 78,11	Vill Aldsworth	DB Spelling Balchi	Holder 1066 Balki 'the Dane'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alweard son of Regenbald	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 16,26	Vill Helmingham	DB Spelling Balchi	Holder 1066 Balki 'of Helmingham'	Lord 1066 Æthelstan 'of Framsden'	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 16,7	Vill Cretingham	DB Spelling Balchi	Holder 1066 Balki 'of Helmingham'	Lord 1066 Æthelstan 'of Framsden'	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ralph de Savenay	Fiscal Value 0.20	1066 Value 0.23	1086 Value 0.23	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value