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Boffi ItalianPossibly from
buffare "to blow, to be short of breath", or a related term meaning "bloated".
Bogatyr RussianDerived from Russian богатырь
(bogatyr) meaning "bogatyr, strongly built man, hero".
Bogdanowicz PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bogdanowo or Bogdanów, both derived from the given name
Bogdan.
Bogdański PolishHabitational name for someone from a place Bogdany, Bogdanowo, Bogdanka or other locations named with the given name
Bogdan.
Bogle Scottish, Northern IrishFrom a medieval Scottish and Northern Irish nickname for someone of scary appearance (from Middle Scots
bogill "hobgoblin").
Bogoyavlensky RussianDerived from Russian богоявление
(bogoyavleniye) meaning "epiphany, theophany".
Bogs EnglishA name given to someone that lives near a bog or swamp. More comonly spelled as Boggs.
Bogusławski PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Boguslaw or Boguslawice, both derived from the given name
Bogusław.
Bohne GermanHabitational name for someone form the town of
Bone in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Bohner GermanOccupational name from an agent derivative of Middle Low German
bönen meaning "to board, to lay a floor", and a topographic name for someone who lived in a loft, derived from a variant of
Bohne combined with the suffix
-er, denoting an inhabitant.
Bohol Filipino, Tagalog, CebuanoHabitational for someone from the province of
Bohol in the Philippines. It is derived from
bo-ol, a kind of tree that flourished on the island
Bois French, French (Quebec)Derived from French
bois "wood, forest", this name used to denote someone who lived near a forest.
Boisvert FrenchMeans "green wood" in French, from
bois "wood" and
vert "green".
Bojaxhiu AlbanianDerived from Albanian
bojaxhi meaning "painter". This was the surname of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa (1910-1997), who was born
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojiaxhiu.
Bol DutchFrom Dutch
bol "ball, sphere" or "bun, roll, round piece of bread or pastry", possibly an occupational name for a baker, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a ball or globe, or a nickname for a bald man, or perhaps a ball player.
Bol DutchDerived from the given name
Baldo, a short form of names beginning with the element
bald "bold, brave”.
Bolaji NigerianThis surname is very common in Nigeria. Possibly taken from a word in one of the Nigerian tribes languages.
Bolaño SpanishIs a Hispanic surname derived from the spanish word for "stone cannonball" or "stoneshot".
Bolar SpanishTopographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.
Bolas Medieval EnglishEnglish: habitational name from Great Bolas in Shropshire, named in Old English with an unidentified first element (possibly an unattested word bogel meaning ‘bend in a river’) + wæsse ‘land beside a river liable to flood’.
Bold German, EnglishEnglish: nickname from Middle English bold ‘courageous’, ‘daring’ (Old English b(e)ald, cognate with Old High German bald). In some cases it may derive from an Old English personal name (see Bald)... [
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Bolding DanishHabitational name from a place so named in Jutland.
Boldt GermanFrom the Germanic personal name
Baldo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element
bald ‘bold’.
Boldy ScottishThis is a name for someone who lived in Peeblesshire.
Bolewski PolishComes from the given name
Bolesław, also a name for a person who comes from
Bolewice or other places starting with
-Bolew in Poland.
Boleyn EnglishFranciscanized form of
Bullens, a Dutch surname meaning "son of Baldo" (meaning "strong").
Bolingoli Central African, LingalaMeans "shining" in Lingala. This surname is borne by Belgian soccer player Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (1993-), more commonly known as Romelu Lukaku. Another famous bearer is Romelu's cousin Boli Bolingoli (1995-), also a noted soccer player.
Bolitho CornishHabitational name for someone originally from the locality of Bolitho in western Cornwall, derived from Old Cornish
bod or
bos meaning "dwelling" combined with an unknown personal name.
Bolkiah Malay (Rare)Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Arabic وَاقِيَة
(wāqiya) meaning "protector, preserver", or it may be an alteration of the Hadhrami surname بلفقيه
(Balfaqih) from Arabic الفَقِيه
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Bolkonskiy m Russian, LiteratureBolkonsky is the last name of Princess Marya Bolkonskaya from "War and Peace" by Lev Tolstoy. It is a real last name outside of literature as well.
Bolland French, German, EnglishFrom the Ancient Germanic name
Bolland. Alternatively it derive from the place name
Bowland from the Old English
boga meaning "bow" and
land meaning "land".
Bollard FrenchFrom a personal name composed of the Germanic elements boll "friend", "brother" +
hard "hardy", "strong".
Bollard English, IrishAccording to MacLysaght, this surname of Dutch origin which was taken to Ireland early in the 18th century.
Bolle ItalianMeans "bubbles" in Italian, derived from the singular
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Bolling English, Germannickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling 'pollard', or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling 'excessive drinking'. German (Bölling): from a personal name
Baldwin Bollinger German (Swiss)Habitational name for someone from any of three places called Bollingen, in Schwyz, Württemberg, and Oldenburg, or from Bohlingen near Lake Constance (which is pronounced and was formerly written as Bollingen).
Bolloré BretonBolloré derives from bod which means bush and lore which means laurel in Breton
Bölöni HungarianFrom the place name
Bölön, a village located in what is now Covasna County in Romania. This surname is used mainly among the Székelys.
Bolsonaro Portuguese (Brazilian)Brazilian Portuguese cognate of
Bolzonaro; in the case of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (1955-), his Italian great-grandfather had the spelling changed from
Bolzonaro upon emigrating to Brazil in the late 19th century.
Bolt EnglishFrom Middle English
bolt meaning "bolt", "bar" (Old English
bolt meaning "arrow"). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts... [
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Boltz GermanMay designate a creator of bolts for crossbows or bowmen. May also be a short form of
Baldwin.
Bolzonaro ItalianOccupational name for a person who operated a battering ram, derived from Italian
bolzone literally meaning "battering ram".
Boman SwedishCombination of Swedish
bo (noun) "nest, farm, dwelling" and
man "man".
Bombadil LiteratureIn J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", the surname of Tom Bombadil, an enigmatic character not present in Peter Jackson's movie adaptation.
Bompadre ItalianFrom a medieval given name Bonuspater, meaning "good father", given in hopes that the "eternal father (god)" would look kindly on the child. Was often given to abandoned infants as a surname.
Bon French, HungarianAs a French surname, it is derived from Old French
bon meaning "good", or occasionally from the Latin given name
Bonus (borne by a minor 3rd-century Christian saint martyred at Rome with eleven companions under the Emperor Vespasian... [
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Bona SpanishSpanish surname of unknown origin maybe from given name
Bona. Spanish Singer Juanjo Bona has this surname
Bonacci Italian"Bona" comes from the Italian for good, "Buona" and "cci" is ancient Latin form for "man." Thus, "the good man." A derivation of FiBonacci, or "son of Bonacci." Was the name of the famous mathematician, Leondardo de Pisa: Leonardo of Pisa is now known as Fibonacci short for filius Bonacci... [
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Bonaduce ItalianFrom the Latin phrase
bona duce fortuna, "with good luck as your guide".
Bonal FrenchThis is a surname formed from the Latin root "bonus" (= good) and the Germanic "wald" (waldan = govern). Bonwald meaning good governor.
Bonamici ItalianMeans "good friend", originating as a nickname or from a given name of the same meaning.
Bonanno ItalianFrom the medieval personal name
Bonanno, an omen name meaning "good year". Mainly found throughout southern Italy.
Bonar Scottish, Northern IrishFrom a medieval nickname for a courteous or good-looking person (from Middle English
boner "gentle, courteous, handsome"). A notable bearer of the surname was Canadian-born British Conservative politician Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), prime minister 1922-23.
Bonar IrishA "translation" of Irish Gaelic
Ó Cnáimhsighe "descendant of
Cnáimhseach", a nickname meaning literally "midwife" and ostensibly a derivative of Gaelic
cnámh "bone".
Bonasera SicilianDerived from the expression
bona sera "good evening". This name was applied as a nickname either for someone who made frequent use of this salutation or as a personal name bestowed on a child as an expression of gratitude in the sense "it was a good evening when you were born".
Bonatti ItalianComes from the pesonal name '
Bona' which is derived from Latin '
bonus', which means
'great'.
Bonba Basque, SpanishFrom Basque
bonba meaning "bomb", (Latin
bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
Bondia CatalanBondia is a Catalan surname. It means 'good day' or 'good morning'.
Bonera ItalianBresciano surname (i.e., concentrated in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy), derived from the medieval Italian given name
Bonora or
Buonora which in turn meant "(it was a) good hour (when you were born)" from Latin
bonus "good" and
hora "time, hour".
Bonfiglio ItalianFrom the given name
Bonfiglio an omen or well-wishing name meaning "good son" from
bono "good" and
figlio "child, son"... [
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Bongiorno ItalianItalian from the medieval personal name
Bongiorno (composed of
bono ‘good’ +
giorno ‘day’), bestowed on a child as an expression of the parents’ satisfaction at the birth (‘it was a good day when you were born’).
Bongiovanni ItalianComes from the personal name
Giovanni composed of the elements
bon ‘good’ +
Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John
Boniadi Persian (Rare)Probably indicated a person from the Iranian village of Boniad, possibly derived from Persian بنیاد
(bonyad) meaning "foundation, base". A notable bearer is Iranian-English actress
Nazanin Boniadi (1980-).
Bonkobara JapaneseFrom 盆 (
bon) meaning "tray, bowl, basin, lantern festival", combined with 子 (
ko, shi) meaning "child, sign of the rat", and 原 (
hara) meaning "field, plain".
Bonnar IrishTranslation of the Gaelic "O'Cnaimhsighe", descendant of Cnaimhseach, a byname meaning "Midwife
Bonnefoy FrenchThe name is derived from the French words
bonne, meaning good, and
foi meaning faith.
Bonnemaison FrenchLiterally means "good house", derived from French
bonne "good" and French
maison "house". As such, this surname is most likely a locational surname, in that it originally either referred to someone who lived in a good house (probably more like a mansion) or to someone who was born in (or lived in) the place Bonnemaison, which is nowadays located in the Calvados department of France... [
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Bonnevier SwedishLikely brought to Sweden by Walloon immigrants in the 16th century.
Bonnin FrenchDerived from a diminutive of
Bon, it is also found in the island of Mallorca and Turin, Italy.
Bonsall English (British)This is a locational name which originally derived from the village of Bonsall, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The name is Norse-Viking, pre 10th Century and translates as 'Beorns-Halh' - with 'Beorn' being a personal name meaning 'Hero' and 'Halh' a piece of cultivated land - a farm.
Bonsor FrenchBonsor is from French origin mean good day
Bon soir Bontemps FrenchDerived from Old French
bon temps meaning "good time". One popular bearer of the name is the American poet and novelist Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973).
Bontrager GermanComing from the Old German, Bonträger or Bornträger, meaning 'water carrier'.
Bonuš CzechFrom a pet form of the personal name Bonifác, Czech form of Bonifacio.
Boo KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 富 (Bu) meaning "Fortune".