Given name & surname · also Dutch

Bollen

Bollen is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bollen comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.

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How it developed

From German Bollen.

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Bollen’s family of names

In English usage, Bollen as a surname has a related form in BULLEN. In Greek usage, Bollen as a surname is a transliteration of Μπόλλεν.

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BollenΜπόλλενBullen

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

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German

Bowlen

Bowlen is a surname, possibly from German.

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German

Betten

Betten is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

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German

Boling

Boling is a surname from German.

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70% boys · 30% girls

German

Bossler

Bossler is a surname from German.

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German

Bolles

Bolles is a surname from German.

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German

Bottger

Bottger is a surname from German.

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German

Bodmer

Bodmer is a surname from German.

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German

Böttcher

“tub”

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Sibling ideas

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

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