The bolen Surname
bolen Name Meaning and History
- Czech: from a pet form of the personal names Boleslav or Bolebor.
- Polish (Bolen): from a pet form of the personal name Boleslaw.
- Variant spelling of German Bohlen.
- Swedish (Bolén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘descendant of’.
- English: variant of Bullen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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