Given name & surname · also Germanic

Boell

Boell is a surname from Germanic, ultimately from German.

Original GermanBöll

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Boell comes from Germanic, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Danish Bøll, from German Böll.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Boell’s family of names

In English usage, Boell as a surname has a related form in BOLL. In English usage, Boell as a surname has a related form in BOLL. In English usage, Boell as a surname was borrowed from the German form Böll.

Walk Boell’s family in the name graph

BoellBollBöllBøll

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Boell has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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German

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Alemannic German

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German

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German

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German

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German

Bodmer

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Sibling ideas

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