Bolon

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Bolon is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English48%

  A Manding language spoken in Burkina Faso.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish35%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Bolon in Spanish.

• French9.0%

  bolon (traditional harp)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Bolon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay, Guatemala

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Bolón, Boloñ

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Bolón

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Bolón

• Italian surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States

  Also written Bolón

• Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Bolón

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Bolon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Occitan, bolt

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In emy, nine

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Basque, Voz onomatopéyica sin un significado concreto que se emplea en el lenguaje infantil (canciones, etc.). Bolon bat eta bolon bi, / bolon puzura erori . NEtx LBB 176. Bilin bolon bolaixo / aitzari ura daraixo . And AUzta 89.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Andrew Bolonb. 1826USIndian Affairs agent (1826–1855)
• Bernard Bolonb. 1939FRFrench politician
• Linda Bolonb. 1948USAmerican politician
• Daniel BolonUSresearcher

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).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Bolon mean, and where does it come from?

A Manding language spoken in Burkina Faso. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Bolon?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /βolon/; in French /bɔ.lɔ̃/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Bolon have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Bolon in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bolon.

Where is Bolon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bolon is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Bolon?

In the United States, the national register counted 427 people named Bolon in 2010, about 1 in 779 thousand residents.