English (Cambridgeshire): probably a metonymic occupational
name for someone employed in a cattle shed, or a topographic name for
someone who lived by one, from a reduced form of Middle English
bulehus ‘bull house’, from bul(l)e, bol(l)e
‘bull’ + h(o)us ‘house’.
Latvian: nickname or
metonymic occupational name from bullis ‘bull’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The bullis name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bullis family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the bullis last name.