All over the world, Boleyn (博林 
, بولين 
, Boleyn 
) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently feminine given name. The forename Boleyn is habitual in Israel, where it is a rare girly name, China, where it is a rare mostly male, but uncommonly female name, and Australia, where it is a very rare female name. Much less frequently, Boleyn is the last name as well as the forename.
Boleyn is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paulien Vertongen , the fictional character from F.C. De Kampioenen; Pauline Fossil , the fictional character; Pauline Gaudin de Witschnau , the Honoré de Balzac character; Pauline de Saint-Béryl , character in Complot à Versailles and Pauline Fowler , the fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, among other works.