Ballantine (surname)
Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been spelled Balentine, Ballentine, Ballantyne, Ballantine, Ballentyne, Bannentyne, Bannatyne, Bannantyne, Ballanden, Ballanden, Ballendine, Ballendyne, and so on.
Origin of the name
In his book The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (1908), Sir Thomas Innes Learney states that the original family name was Bannatyne, and was a sept associated with both Clan Campbell and Clan Stuart of Bute.
The etymology, given in William Arthur’s An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names with an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857), derives the name from Bal, the name of a deity, and teine, meaning fire, and relating to a place where Belenus, or Bal, was worshiped by the Celts.[1]
People with the surname
- Betty Ballantine, American publisher
- Carl Ballantine (1917–2009), American magician and actor
- Ian Ballantine, American publisher
- James Ballantine, Scottish novelist
- Miss Georgina Ballantine, Scottish angler who landed the British record salmon of 64lbs in 1922
- Patrick J. Ballantine, American politician
- Nathan Ballentine, American politician
- Peter Ballantine, American brewer
- William Ballantine, British lawyer
- Julian Ballantine, a fictional character in the TV series Kyle XY
- Morley Cowles Ballantine, American newspaper editor, the Durango Herald
- Richard Ballantine (1940–2013), American writer
- Richard G. Ballantine, American newspaper publisher, the Durango Herald
- Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born 1967), American musician
References
- ↑ "Ballantyne FYI". Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-05.