The bolla Surname
bolla Name Meaning and History
- Catalan and Spanish: from bolla ‘sphere’, ‘ball’. How it was acquired as a surname is unclear; it may have been a nickname for a fat person. In Spanish bolla is also a regional term denoting various types of cakes and pastries and in some cases the surname may have arisen from this sense.
- Hungarian: variant of Balla, pet form of the personal name Barabás, or Barnabás (see Barnaby).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 12 - Messages: 28
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Michigan Bolla's 1900-1930's |
 ejmco31
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| Geraldine M. Bolla, age 85, daughter of the late Louis and Mary Flanagan Hammann. |
KENNELLYMARKA
| 0 |
| looking for Bolla from Hungary |
TaraMcK7
| 1 |
| Trying to traceTeresa Bolla |
TaraMcK7
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| Bolla Family | Crawford | 5 |
| DeBolle | sue maxwell | 0 |
| Bolla Family |
pequele
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| Bolla-Turner in CA m/ 24 Dec 1928 | C Haggerton | 2 |
| Bolla family of the Dominican Republic | Vikki Andersen | 0 |
| BOLLA, Rosaria, d/o Dominico Concetta Bolla |
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