Given name & surname
Bolivar
“a mighty warrior”
Bolivar is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Original SpanishBolívar
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Bolivar as a surname developed from BOLIBAR.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bolivar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 248
- 248 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,440 as a first name in 2020; 3,367 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.
Bolivar’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Bolivar as a surname developed from the Basque form BOLIBAR. Bolivar has a related form in Bolevar. Bolivar has a related form in Bolevarr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bolivar
- Bolívar EcheverríaEcuatorian academic (1941–2010)
- BolívarBrazilian association football playerborn 1954
- Bolívar PagánPuerto Rican politician (1897-1961)
- Bolívar GómezEcuadorian footballerborn 1977
- Bolívar Urrutia ParrillaPresident of Panama1918–2005
Characters named Bolivar: Bolivar Trask (Marvel Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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