Bolwell
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Bolwell is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: haps a habitation name from an unidentified place named with the OE elements bol trunk, plank T well(a) spring, stream, i.e. the site of a primitive bridge.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)haps a habitation name from an unidentified place named with the OE elements bol trunk, plank T well(a) spring, stream, i.e. the site of a primitive bridge. On the other hand, it may be an Anglicized form of the Norman habi¬ tation name de Bolville, which is recorded in Somerset in the 13th cent. Boman Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived on an outlying homestead, from Swed. bo dwelling, farm (ON bu) + man man (ON madr). In some cases this may have been arbitrarily adopted as an ornamental name by people who had no connection with any outlying farm or homestead. Vars.: Bohman; Bo(h)lin. Cpds (ornamental): Boberg (‘farm hill’); Bogren (‘farm branch’); Bolinder (‘dweller by the farm lime tree’); Boqvist (‘farm twig’); Bostrom (‘farm river’). Bompard Bompard Provencal: nickname meaning ‘good com¬ panion’, from OProv. bon good (see Bon) + par equal, fel¬ low (see Pear 2).
Cited for this meaning 3
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jim Bolwellb. 1911AUAustralian rules footballer (1911–1993)
- Jan Bolwellb. 1949NZNew Zealand choreographer, writer, director and educator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bolwell mean?
- Recorded meaning: haps a habitation name from an unidentified place named with the OE elements bol trunk, plank T well(a) spring, stream, i.e. the site of a primitive bridge.
- In which country does Bolwell have the most bearers?
- Bolwell is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bolwell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.