The bolger Surname
bolger Name Meaning and History
- English: occupational name for a leather worker, from Middle English, Old French boulgier, an agent derivative of Old French boulge ‘leather bag’, ‘wallet’ (Middle English bulge).
- Irish (South Leinster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bolguidhir ‘descendant of Bolgodhar’, a personal name composed of the elements bolg ‘belly’ + odhar ‘yellow’, ‘sallow’.
- Perhaps an altered spelling of German Bohlinger or Bolinger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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