Message: "Can you help with the surname Bolway?"

Can you help with the surname Bolway?

by Kimberly (guest)

5/1/2007, 7:16 PM

Unfortunately, I do not have any information regarding the ethnic background of this name, other than the fact that it is European. I am trying to gather information as to where this name originated and what the history of it might be. Thank you very much in advance!

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- Jim Young (guest) +3

5/2/2007, 5:53 AM

I wonder if it could be a version of the Dutch surname Bolweg/Bollweg; weg means "way". It doesn't seem to be English, unless it is so rare as to be unnoticed. There is also a French surname, Bolouet, which would sound like Bolway.

- Kimberly (guest) +2

5/3/2007, 8:06 AM

Thank you! I have been told that it might be Swedish...

given your expertise and research, is that possible?

- Furienna (guest)

5/23/2007, 7:26 PM

A late answer, but no, "Bolway" is not a Swedish surname.

- Jim Young (guest)

5/5/2007, 3:19 AM

I can't find any evidence for that idea, but you never know.
Expertise? I'm afraid a great deal of guesswork is involved, apart from a heavy reliance on the work of others.

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