• Source: Ballantine (surname)

Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin, with variant spellings Balentyne, Ballantyne, Ballintine, Ballentyne, and Ballendine. Other variants include Bellenden, Ballentine, and Bannatyne.
It is a habitational surname, probably derived from the Gaelic baile an deadhain, meaning "the dean's farmstead". Its most probable location is Bellenden, now spelt Bellendean, on Ale Water, west of Roberton in Roxburghshire, but there may be more than one location origin, as there is Bellenden in Selkirk, and a village called Ballintoun, in Stirlingshire. The name has often been associated with Falkirk and Edinburgh as well as Roxburghshire.
William Arthur, in An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, with an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857) suggested that the name denoted "a place of ancient pagan worship", derived from the Celts, who worshipped the sun, called Belen or Baal.
Early recordings of the name include John Ballenden (also spelt Ballentyne and Ballantyne), archdeacon of Moray around 1450, and Sir Alexander Balendin, was provost of Methven in 1563.




Notable people


Arthur A. Ballantine, American IRS solicitor and Treasury undersecretary in Hoover Administration
Betty Ballantine, American publisher
Carl Ballantine (1917–2009), American magician and actor
Cristina Ballantine, Romanian-American mathematician
Gilbert Ballantine, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer
Ian Ballantine, American publisher
James Ballantine (1808–1877), Scottish artist and author who executed stained glass windows for the House of Lords
Jane Prichard nee Ballantine (1936–2023, New Zealand women's leader
Patrick J. Ballantine, American politician
Nathan Ballentine, American politician
Pamela Ballantine, Northern Irish television presenter
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




See also


Balindean, the spelling used by the Ogilvy-Wedderburn baronets
Ballandean, Queensland, a rural town in Australia
Ballantine (disambiguation)
Ballantyne (disambiguation)
Ballenden, a surname
Ballentine (disambiguation)
Bannatyne (name)
Bellenden, a surname
George Balanchine




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