Bolam Family History
Bolam Name Meaning
English (Northumberland): habitational name from any of the places called Bolam in Northumberland and County Durham. These placenames could derive from the dative plural (bolum) of either of two unattested Old English words bola ‘tree trunk’ (compare Old Norse bolr) or bol ‘rounded hill’ (compare Middle Low German bolle ‘round object’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022