Last Name BALLANTYNE

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Meaning	Local: A place of ancient pagan worship among the Celts, whose principal deity was Belen or Baal, the sun. To the honor of this deity, the Celts lighted fires on the 1st of May and Midsummer day. Baalantine signifies " the fire of BaaL" from Baalen and teine, Gaelic, fire.

Origin	Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Ghanaian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	12,317 (2000 US census)	17,893 (1990 US census)

Count	2,315 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.62%, or 2121 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.36%, or 101 total occurrences, as black,
0.65%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 26 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.9%, or 44 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte