'baldhead' originates from English, specifically as a compound of 'bald' and 'head.' 'bald' is from Old English 'bald' (related to Germanic roots) meaning 'without hair' or 'having a white patch,' and 'head' is from Old English 'heafod' meaning 'head.'

'baldhead' formed in Middle English by compounding 'bald' + 'head' and was used in the literal sense to mean 'a person with a bald head.'

Initially it meant simply 'a person with a bald head' (literal). Over time the term retained that literal meaning but also developed slang and derogatory senses in regional varieties of English (notably Caribbean/Jamaican English and among some Rastafarian speakers) to mean 'outsider' or 'wicked person.'