"Boland" meaning in English

See Boland in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Bolands [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin. * A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname. * Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Beolláin||descendant of Beollán}} Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), {{bor|en|de|Boland}} German Boland Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Bolands}} Boland (plural Bolands)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Boland-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English surnames

Inflected forms

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