Given name & surname · also Middle English
Boleyn
Boleyn is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Late Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Boleyn comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Late Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Boleyne, from Old French Boloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Boleyn’s family of names
In English usage, Boleyn as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with BOLOGNA. In Greek usage, Boleyn as a surname is a transliteration of Μπολέυν. In English usage, Boleyn as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Boulogne.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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