Given name & surname · also German
Boller
“round container”
Boller is a surname with more than one origin.
Original GermanBollermann
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, Boller goes back to Middle High German bolle, meaning “round container.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Boller has more than one origin: as a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, it comes from Middle High German bolle; as a Hungarian surname Böllér, it goes back to a word meaning “butcher, pigsticker”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German bolle (“round container”), from Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Boller’s family of names
In German usage, Boller as a surname has a related form in BOLL. In German usage, Boller as a surname has a related form in Bollermann.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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