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Australian annual political event
The Midwinter Ball is an annual dinner event held in Canberra, Australia. It is hosted by the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery. The event is notable
Midwinter_Ball
This is a list of notable people to have attended the Australian Midwinter Ball. Sam Neill Adam Bandt Anthony Albanese Bill Shorten Josh Frydenburg Peta
List of attendees of the Midwinter Ball
List_of_attendees_of_the_Midwinter_Ball
Press club in Australia
October 1969 The Great Hall of Parliament House shortly before the 2020 Midwinter Ball National Press Club (United States) Canberra Press Gallery Melbourne
National Press Club (Australia)
National_Press_Club_(Australia)
Australian politician (born 1978)
he was threatened by then Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull at the Midwinter Ball over the Utegate. After Rudd was successfully challenged for the Labor
Andrew_Charlton
Australian journalist
InDaily. Retrieved 11 January 2026. Bowers, Mike (18 September 2019). "Midwinter Ball: Canberra's political class dress to impress – in pictures". The Guardian
Daniela_Ritorto
Hotel in Manhattan, New York
"Auction of Thoroughbred Filly on Thursday To Be Feature of Annual Midwinter Ball". The New York Times. January 16, 1949. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November
Plaza_Hotel
Australian politician (born 1987)
Lauren (3 July 2024). "Pollies dress up for annual federal press gallery Midwinter Ball for charity". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024
Josh_Burns_(politician)
Bilateral relations
Channel Nine on 14 June 2017, Turnbull is seen mocking Trump at the Midwinter Ball. In response to the growing threat of North Korea developing nuclear
Australia–United States relations
Australia–United_States_relations
2003 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross
treatment. Varzil and Eduin accompany Carolin to Comyn Castle for the Midwinter Ball. Carolin experiences a seizure, which Varzil believes (but cannot prove)
Zandru's_Forge
1996 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Adrienne Martine-Barnes
suitable to serve in the traditional role of Elhalyn king. At the annual Midwinter Ball, a thunderous voice cries, "To Hali, now!" which Mikhail and Marguerida
The_Shadow_Matrix
English cricketer (1848–1915)
Rae 1998, p. 3. Midwinter 1981, p. 75. Grace 1980, p. 1. Grace 1980, p. 2. Midwinter 1981, p. 12. Midwinter 1981, p. 11. Midwinter 1981, pp. 11–12. Altham
W._G._Grace
Book by Anne Rice
The Wolves of Midwinter is a 2013 novel written by gothic fiction novelist Anne Rice and is the second book in her series The Wolf Gift Chronicles. It
The_Wolves_of_Midwinter
Cue sport combining the disciplines of carom and pocket billiards
Rubino 2008, p. 80 Shamos 1999, pp. 61–62. NYT staff 1885 NYT staff 1915 Midwinter 2007, p. 59 Shamos 1999, p. 46. "Teresa Billington-Greig". WCML. Retrieved
English_billiards
American sitcom (1985–1992)
to find shows to compete against it, the most notable being ABC's Lucille Ball sitcom Life with Lucy in the beginning of the 1986–87 season although it
The_Golden_Girls
Winter festival
umbrella label for pre-Christian Germanic midwinter observances, including Old Norse jól, which can denote the midwinter season itself. This association with
Yule
Novel by Ken Follett
aide. The Midwinters The Reverend Canon Charles Midwinter: Anglican Canon of Kingsbridge Cathedral and a Methodist leader. Janet Emily Midwinter: his deceased
The_Armour_of_Light
and Snorkmaiden are not seen together as often, and after Moominland Midwinter Moomin refers to Snorkmaiden as a friend. His best friend is Snufkin.
List_of_Moomin_characters
earlier collections, and The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural and Midwinter Murder, which each include only one previously unavailable Christie story
Agatha_Christie_bibliography
American motorcycle racer (1882–1960)
miles, and connected the 48 state capitals. In 1924, he made his first midwinter transcontinental run in a stock Gardner sedan at a time of 4 days, 14
Erwin_Baker
Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-11-04. "The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5". Midwinter.com. August 12, 1997. Archived from the original on September 6, 2006
Amiga
British actress (born 1966)
played a supporting role in the three part supernatural drama serial Midwinter of the Spirit. In 2017, she portrayed real-life Detective Constable Christine
Siobhan_Finneran
Video game series and multimedia franchise
Bruce (December 11, 2019). "'Mortal Kombat' Release Date Moved Up To Midwinter 2021 – Update". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 27,
Mortal_Kombat
English cricket tour of Australia and New Zealand
Dave Gregory, Ned Gregory, John Hodges, Tom Horan, Tom Kendall, Billy Midwinter, Nat Thomson (Aus), Tom Armitage, Henry Charlwood, Tom Emmett, Andrew
English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77
English_cricket_team_in_Australia_and_New_Zealand_in_1876–77
Anime film by Mamoru Hosoda
is crowned king, but reigns with terror. Scarlet confronts her uncle at a ball in attempt to kill Claudius, but ends up collapsing after apparently consuming
Scarlet_(2025_film)
American drummer (born 1967)
(2006) American Doll Posse (2007) Abnormally Attracted To Sin (2009) Midwinter Graces (2009) Christmastide (2020) Ocean To Ocean (2021) The Music Of
Matt_Chamberlain
Cricket match
hit the opening ball of the match from Allan for four. But another firm shot off his legs sent the second ball straight to Midwinter and Grace was "easily
MCC v Australians at Lord's, 27 May 1878
MCC_v_Australians_at_Lord's,_27_May_1878
English radio DJ, and television presenter (born 1978)
solo EP, Take These Flowers Away, contributed a version of "In the Bleak Midwinter" to Xfm London's It's a Cool, Cool Christmas album, played at the Reading
Lauren_Laverne
English comedian (born 1958)
role. Saunders has also appeared in several films, such as In the Bleak Midwinter (1995), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Fanny & Elvis (1999), and also
Jennifer_Saunders
English banker and alderman (1719–1768)
Gray's Inn Chapel, Francis married Elizabeth née Midwinter (1724–1806), a daughter of the late Edward Midwinter (1680–1736), printer and bookseller. Consent
Francis_Gosling
English actor (1934–2013)
Friends (1992), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), and In the Bleak Midwinter (1995). Briers was born on 14 January 1934 in Raynes Park, Surrey, at
Richard_Briers
2024 song by The Innocence Mission
September 3, 2024, as the first single from their thirteenth studio album, Midwinter Swimmers. The song was written by Karen and Don Peris, and is the only
This_Thread_Is_a_Green_Street
September 2015). "First look at Anna Maxwell Martin as an exorcist in ITV's Midwinter of the Spirit". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2017. Editorial team (2 February
Siobhan_Finneran_filmography
Twenty-second solar term of traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars and festival
for the winter solstice directly signifies the summit of winter, as "midwinter" is used in English. The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival
Dongzhi
English author, broadcaster and academic (1932–2025)
Eric Clare Midwinter OBE (11 February 1932 – 8 August 2025) was an English author, broadcaster and academic. He was a consumer advocate, a social policy
Eric_Midwinter
Spiced drink made of wine and hot water
Journal of My Life During the French Revolution; and in John Buchan's Midwinter. Anthony Trollope in The Small House at Allington portrays the rustic
Negus_(drink)
Species of flowering plant
range. Plants from more northern sources are typically more cold hardy in midwinter than plants from southern sources; moreover, plants native to Florida
Hydrangea_quercifolia
team first, they can switch to a Full Member team the next day. Billy Midwinter was the first cricketer to play for two nations during his career, playing
List of cricketers who have played for two international teams
List_of_cricketers_who_have_played_for_two_international_teams
British sitcom (2019–2023)
Amidst a sea of masks and swabs and screens, we somehow had an absolute ball. The entire crew were amazing. I cannot wait to share what we've cooked up
Ghosts_(2019_TV_series)
Competition American Job Chris Smith Doug Ruschaupt American Spectrum A Midwinter's Tale Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh Premieres Opening Night Angel Baby
List of Sundance Film Festival selections
List_of_Sundance_Film_Festival_selections
English actor and comedian (1890–1965)
Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019. Midwinter, Eric. "Laurel, Stan". Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Stan_Laurel
most ducks by an Australian cricketer, with 35 in 138 innings. Billy Midwinter picked up the first five-wicket haul in a Test innings in match 1. Fred
Australia national cricket team
Australia_national_cricket_team
Irish and Manx tradition on 26 December
of the land. According to Lawrence, the belief may have been that at midwinter, "the faltering forces of nature" had to be renewed, by ritually killing
Wren_Day
Polish and British actress
Lazareva "Small Zones" 2015 Foyle's War Olga Kowalski "Trespass" 2015 Midwinter of the Spirit Mrs. Joy TV miniseries - All 3 episodes 2016 Home Fires
Ania_Marson
Probability distribution
frequency analysis. In physical oceanography, the sizes of icebergs in the midwinter Southern Atlantic Ocean were found to follow a log-normal size distribution
Log-normal_distribution
Prehistoric monument in England
world's oldest lunisolar calendar, corrected yearly by observing the midwinter solstice. Similar but later sites have been found in Scandinavia. A settlement
Stonehenge
English cricketer (1850–1880)
pp. 57–58. Barclays, p. 14. Midwinter, p. 20. Oxford University v. Gentlemen of England, 1866 – match scorecard Midwinter, p. 30. Rae, p. 63. Rae, p.
Fred_Grace
vow to study and improve their respective menus. 91 "The Delicacy of Midwinter" Transliteration: "Mafuyu no chinmi" (真冬の珍味) January 29, 1991 (1991-01-29)
List_of_Oishinbo_episodes
1996 British TV series or programme
Staircase: The Midwinter Festivities" 26 December 1998 (1998-12-26) Midwinter's Day is coming. Primrose and Wilfred are assigned to recite the Midwinter Poem,
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
The_Enchanted_World_of_Brambly_Hedge
English soprano (born 1960)
array of Christmas favourites including "Silent Night" and "In the Bleak Midwinter". Also featured are a duet in "Ave Maria" with Mexican Tenor Fernando
Sarah_Brightman
Microcosm MicroProse Golf MicroProse Soccer Midnight Resistance Midwinter Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom Miecze Valdgira II: Władca Gór Mig 29 Soviet
List_of_Amiga_games_(I–O)
directed his noblemen and gentry to return to their landed estates in midwinter to keep up their old-style Christmas generosity. Following the Parliamentarian
Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom
Association football club in Stoke-on-Trent, England
sacked in November 1989. His successor, Alan Ball Jr., became the club's fifth manager in ten years. Ball struggled in his first season in charge, 1989–90
Stoke_City_F.C.
King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844
army in Italy. His successful crossing of the Alps through the storm in midwinter was highly praised but coldly received by the Army of Italy. Upon receiving
Charles_XIV_John
Earth's southernmost continent
ships. There are two principal holidays celebrated across Antarctica: Midwinter Day on the day of the southern winter solstice (June 20 or 21) and Antarctica
Antarctica
Asia 1737: Isaac Newton, Interpretation of Daniel's Prophecies 1738: D. Midwinter, A New Geographical Dictionary ... to which is now added the latitude
Timeline of the name Palestine
Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine
Alice Cavender Eighth Doctor, Lucie March 2013 (2013-03) (MR 171) "Crystal Ball" Stephen Critchlow Rob Nisbet Seventh Doctor, Ace June 2013 (2013-06) (MR
List of Doctor Who: The Classic Series audio plays by Big Finish
List_of_Doctor_Who:_The_Classic_Series_audio_plays_by_Big_Finish
Short, tight shorts
Look up hot pants in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "An Improbable Fashion Fad Arrives in Midwinter: HOT PANTS". LIFE. 29 January 1971. p. 36–39.
Hotpants
English football tournament season
the First Round Proper. Four teams Coalville Town, Hackney Wick, Rising Ballers Kensington, and Wellingborough Whitworth from tier 10 are the lowest ranked
2024–25_FA_Youth_Cup
Indigenous confederacy in North America
Retrieved June 14, 2015. Tooker, Elisabeth (1970). The Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815621492. Retrieved June 8, 2015
Haudenosaunee
spokes appear to be a seasonal phenomenon, disappearing in the Saturnian midwinter and midsummer and reappearing as Saturn comes closer to equinox. Suggestions
Rings_of_Saturn
Former American football league
replaced by natural grass), the combination of the all-grass requirement, midwinter playing season and the fact that the XFL followed shortly after the NFL
XFL_(2001)
Play by William Shakespeare
ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 25172840. MacQueen, Scott (2009). "Midsummer Dream, Midwinter Nightmare: Max Reinhardt and Shakespeare versus the Warner Bros". The
A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
Evening of June 23, celebration
June) had become an important feast, counterbalancing at midsummer the midwinter feast of Christmas. — Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin, University College
Saint_John's_Eve
told him that they were going to Canada. The Daltons cross the border in midwinter, attack a local saloon and learn that the only police officer in the area
List of Lucky Luke comics albums
List_of_Lucky_Luke_comics_albums
Alien civilizations in the TV show Babylon 5
Babylon 5. "Learning Curve". Babylon 5. "Guide Page: "Signs and Portents"". midwinter.com. "All Alone in the Night". Babylon 5. 1995-02-15. "Exogenesis". Babylon
Civilizations_in_Babylon_5
merry mesh mess mettle mice mickle mid midday midnight midsummer midway midwinter midwit middle middleman middling midget might mighty mild mildew milk
List of English words of Old English origin
List_of_English_words_of_Old_English_origin
Series of TV adaptations of Shakespeare's plays
and Davis as the wives. Bennett was a natural Shadow, Bryant was "having a ball" as Doctor Caius, and Gostelow was "born surely to play Bardolph". Kingsley
BBC_Television_Shakespeare
Medieval castle in Helsingør, Denmark
ambitions, the south wing was heightened by one storey and a new, gigantic ball room placed over the chapel. Soon after the west and north wings were also
Kronborg
U.S. state
generally diverge from the north and south sections of the state. In midwinter, average high/low temperatures range from around 30 °F/15 °F (−1 °C/−10 °C)
Indiana
Historical province in southeastern France
days a year. Snow falls in the mountains from November to May, and in midwinter can be found down to altitude of 1000–1200 metres on the shady side of
Provence
From Bob review: Street Cat returns to spread festive humbug this bleak midwinter". The Standard. Retrieved December 5, 2023. Kumar, Naveen (December 26
List_of_Christmas_films
Coldest of the four temperate seasons
calendars, winter began on 7 November, its midpoint was the solstice or Midwinter on 25 December, and winter ended on 6 February. Bede also mentions an
Winter
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
Molly dancers and Cornish Guise Dancers, traditionally associated with midwinter festivals, often use blacked faces as a disguise. The Molly dancers wished
Blackface
Art museum in San Francisco, California, U.S.
1895 in one of the buildings originally constructed for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 (a fair modeled on the Chicago World's
De_Young_Museum
"The Terrible Little My", "Moomin's the Fortune-Teller", "The Fancy-Dress Ball", "The Vampire", "The Phoenix", "The Slug-a-Bed Mushrooms", "Moomin and the
List_of_Moomin_episodes
City in Staffordshire, England
numerous suburbs. These include Abbey Hulton, Adderley Green, Baddeley Green, Ball Green, Bentilee, Birches Head, Blurton, Bradeley, Bucknall, Chell, Cliffe
Stoke-on-Trent
2004. Abel 2005, p. 489. Ball 2013, pp. 23–8. Ball 2013, pp. 235–9, 363–5. Bennett 2009. Fort Lee Film Commission 2006, p. 64. Ball 2013, pp. 235–6, 239–41
List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
List_of_William_Shakespeare_screen_adaptations
Ailinglaplap Atoll (2021–2023). Mohammed Al Manea, 95, Kuwaiti actor. Eric Midwinter, 93, English author, broadcaster and academic. Virgil Miller Newton, 86
Deaths_in_August_2025
English county cricket club
player, was the original club secretary. With the Grace brothers and Billy Midwinter in their team, Gloucestershire won three Champion County titles in the
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club
New York: Del Rey, 1999. "LG: Londo Mollari and the Centauri Republic". Midwinter.com. 1995-10-08. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2013-04-20
List_of_Babylon_5_characters
Province of Canada
northwest, along with the adjoining Southern Lakes region of Yukon, get midwinter thaws caused by the Chinook effect, which is also common (and much warmer)
British_Columbia
Russian research station in Antarctica
Disasters Economy Field camps Firefighting Flags list Food Gateway cities Midwinter Day Organizations Protected areas Religion churches Research stations
Vostok_Station
2017) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) Midway: (1976 & 2019) A Midwinter's Tale (1995) Mifune (1999) Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015) The Mighty
List_of_films:_M
English captain and pirate (late 1600s)
Lives of All the Most Notorious Pirates and their Crews (London: Edw. Midwinter, 1732), considered an unreliable (and slightly expanded) reprint of Johnson's
Henry_Every
Japanese manga series
Kenji Mizoguchi Yoshihiro Taguchi August 9, 2014 (2014-08-09) 2 TBA "Midwinter business trip to Hokkaido/Asahikawa" (孤独のグルメ お正月スペシャル 真冬の北海道・旭川出張編) Kenji
The_Solitary_Gourmet
Theories on the origin and purpose of Stonehenge
Stonehenge area are aligned by geological accident on the midsummer sunrise/midwinter axis. This natural solstitial alignment would have symbolized cosmic unity
Theories_about_Stonehenge
English footballer, coach and sports commentator
the highest level with a sequence of seven top-flight goals in just ten midwinter games as the "Eagles" secured their highest ever league finish of third
Mark_Bright
British actress and singer
release in summer 2017. LIFT: The Original Concept Album "In the Bleak Midwinter" / "A Winter's Tale" with Ashleigh Gray and Paul Spicer and "All Those
Louise_Dearman
One of the Great Lakes in North America
is possible to fish off piers in winter for burbot; the burbot make a midwinter spawning run and is reportedly one of Erie's glacial relics. In winter
Lake_Erie
Term used for certain metallic elements
Cyclopedia: Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (etc.), vol. 2, D. Midwinter, London. Chandler D. E. & Roberson R. W. 2009, Bioimaging: Current Concepts
Heavy_metals
Grammar of the English language
now spoken and in use". The Works of Ben Jonson: Volume 7. London: D. Midwinter et al. Kolln, Martha J. (2006). Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices
English_grammar
Montreal Ubisoft Unreleased TBA TBA Scavengers Shooter survival Midwinter Entertainment Midwinter Entertainment Unreleased TBA TBA SingStar Karaoke, music SCE
List of PlayStation 4 free-to-play games
List_of_PlayStation_4_free-to-play_games
Lanser Peter's Friends (1992) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) The Magic Flute (2006) As You Like It (2006) Haris Zambarloukos
List of film director and cinematographer collaborations
List_of_film_director_and_cinematographer_collaborations
completely by the English bowlers. Billy Midwinter top-scored with 31 as Australia struggled slowly to 122 in 112.1 four-ball overs. Australia struck back immediately
History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883
History_of_Test_cricket_from_1877_to_1883
Association football club in Cleethorpes, England
Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Ball, Phil (February 2002). "Magic Mariners". WSC. London: When Saturday Comes
Grimsby_Town_F.C.
Costumed character
John's Eve) as part of a modern Midsummer festival, instead of around midwinter. In Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and some other parts of the East
Hobby_horse
culminating in a Final between the top two teams. John Ferris, Billy Midwinter, Billy Murdoch, Albert Trott and Sammy Woods have also played Test cricket
List of England Test cricketers
List_of_England_Test_cricketers
Annual U.S. children's book illustrator award
rounds over the year, and less formally recommend others. At ALSC's annual midwinter meeting, held in late January or early February, the committee will discuss
Caldecott_Medal
British company
Codemasters 1990 July 1, 2019 Midnight Resistance Data East 1990 July 23, 2024 Midwinter Rainbird Software 1990 October 2024 MiG-29: Soviet Fighter Codemasters
Antstream
1996 Australian film
James Berardinelli described Cosi as "a half-baked amalgamation of A Midwinter's Tale and Shine, and doesn't excel as either a comedy or a drama." Cinephilia
Cosi_(film)
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
Surname or Lastname
Catalan
Catalan : occupational name for a maker of crossbows or a soldier armed with a crossbow, from Catalan ballester ‘crossbowman’ or ‘crossbow maker’, an agent derivative of ballesta ‘crossbow’ (Latin ballista ‘(military) catapult’).English and German : occupational name, cognate with 1, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French baleste ‘crossbow’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled’, ‘spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; St. Bricin’s Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.English : topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.German : especially in the north, probably a topographic name from Middle Low German brake ‘brushwood’, ‘fallow land’, ‘copse’, an element of many field and place names.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : from a reduced form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).English : variant spelling of Ball 1.Danish : habitational name from a farmstead named Balle, meaning ‘slope’, ‘hill’.Catalan : respelling of Batlle, status name for a steward or official, from Catalan batlle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a short, fat person, from Middle English bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball, Old Norse b{o,}llr).English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le), used in this sense.English : from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or b{o,}llr ‘ball’.South German : from Middle High German bal ‘ball’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a juggler, or a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhine area.Dutch and German : short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).William Ball (1616–80) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ball 2, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.German : variant of the Germanic personal name Balther (from bald ‘bold’, ‘strong’).
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Sun
Male
English
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Béal an Ãtha Móir, BALLINAMORE means "mouth of the big ford."Â
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : name of a clan associated with Caithness, derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (or the feminine form Gunne), a short form of any of various compound names with the first element gunn ‘battle’.Scottish : sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Dhuinn ‘son of the servant of the brown one’ (see Dunn). (According to Woulfe a name of the same form also existed in Sligo, Ireland.)English : metonymic occupational name for someone who operated a siege engine or cannon, perhaps also a nickname for a forceful person, from Middle English gunne, gonne ‘ballista’, ‘cannon’, ‘gun’. The term originated as a humorous application of the Scandinavian female personal name Gunne or Gunnhildr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Ballinger (see Beringer).
Male
English
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Baile an Doire, BALLINDERRY means "town of the oak wood."
Male
English
From an Old English derogatory name for a bald-headed person; it became a surname, then transferred to forename; derived from Middle English balled, BALLARD means "rounded like a ball," hence "bald-headed."
Surname or Lastname
Indian (Kashmir)
Indian (Kashmir) : Hindu (Brahman) name, probably from an ancestral personal name Madan (from Sanskrit madana ‘god of love, or infatuation’).Indian (Panjab) : Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name based on the name of an Arora clan, probably from Persian maidÄn ‘field’. The name from the Panjab is pronounced mÉ™dÄn.English : habitational name from Mathon in Herefordshire, or Mattins Farm, Radwinter, in Essex, or Martinfield Green, Saffron Walden, in Essex. The first of these is named with Old English mÄthm ‘treasure’, ‘gift’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the Clee Hills in Shropshire or the nearby village of Clee St. Margaret. The hills are probably named with Old English cleo ‘rounded’, ‘ball-shaped’.Possibly an altered form of Irish or Scottish McClay.Variant spelling of German Klee.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : occupational name for a poet, minstrel, or balladeer, from an agent derivative of Middle English rime(n) ‘to compose or recite verses’ (Old French rimer).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Riemer.
Surname or Lastname
English (northeastern)
English (northeastern) : from Middle English snow ‘snow’ + ball. The second element may refer to a streak or lock of hair, or it may mean a bald patch. The surname therefore originated as a nickname for someone with a patch of white hair or a pale bald patch, amid dark hair.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish
Spanish : of uncertain origin. Theoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English : variant spelling of Balon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic form of the Old Norse personal name Balle (see Ball 3).
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : in part at least, probably a further Anglicization of the Irish surname Mountcashell, itself an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolchaisil (see Cashel 2), which was associated with Ballymulcashell in County Clare. Woulfe says that a registrar in Munster changed the name to Mountcashel c. 1840.English : in England, this name is common in Lincolnshire. While this may well be the result of migration from Ireland, the possibility of a habitational name from an unidentified place should not be ruled out.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : topographic name for someone who lived by a tidal creek or an inlet of the sea, Old English pyll, or a habitational name from Pylle in Somerset, which was named with this word.English (Devon and Cornwall) : descriptive nickname for a small, rotund person, from Middle English, Old French pil(l)e ‘ball’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beloved, Dear
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hougham, Kent, probably so named from an unattested Old English personal name, Huhha, or possibly hÅh ‘spur of a hill’ (literally ‘heel’) + hÄm ‘homestead’.
Boy/Male
Norse
A mythical god of rain.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Darling; Beloved; Variant of Darrell
Boy/Male
Biblical
My master.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Neelakanth | நீலாகாஂத
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Greek
Christ.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Summer, SOMMER means "summer." Compare with another form of Sommer.
Boy/Male
Polish
God's love; God's peace.
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Star; One of the Lord Ganapathi Names; Lord of Music
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
MIDWINTER BALL
n.
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
imp. & p. p.
of Ballot
n.
An officer who has charge of a ballot box.
n.
Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
n.
To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
a.
Swelled out like a balloon.
a.
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
a.
Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
n.
A room for balls or dancing.
n.
Voting by ballot.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ballot
v. i.
To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
n.
The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
v. t.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
n.
The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
n.
The middle of winter.
n.
One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
n.
One who votes by ballot.
v. i.
To go up or voyage in a balloon.