Bailhache

Bailhache, from Norman French baille hache meaning to "give axe", perhaps used as an occupational surname for an executioner or a woodman, is a surname known from Jersey, England, and elsewhere.^[1][2] Notable people with this surname include:

• Alain Bailhache [fr] (born 1937), French painter
• Clement Bailhache (1856–1924), English lawyer and judge
• Jean Bailhache (1911–?), French author and translator
• John Bailhache (1787–1857), 10th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• Sir Philip Bailhache (born 1946), Jersey politician and lawyer, Bailiff of Jersey
• Robin Bailhache (born 1937), Australian cricket umpire
• Sir William Bailhache (born 1953), Jersey lawyer, Bailiff of Jersey, brother of Philip