Given name & surname

Bolin

Bolin is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Bolin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bolin through the years

Babies since 1880
25
25 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2016
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Bolin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2016–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 164 as a first name in 2020; 12,377 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Bolin’s family of names

In English usage, Bolin as a surname has a related form in BOHLIN. In English usage, Bolin as a surname has a related form in BOLLIN. In Greek usage, Bolin as a surname is a transliteration of Μπόλιν.

Walk Bolin’s family in the name graph

BolinΜπόλινBohlinBollin

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Bolin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Brogyn

“one who is sturdy; reliable”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Borja

“tower”

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Bishesh

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Brydin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Griffinn

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Basim

“a smiling man”

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Nirvin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Osahon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bolin’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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