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- Middle Low Germanbolle“something ball-shaped”
- Middle High Germanbolle“round container”
- EnglishBoller
* As a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, from several places named Boll, from both Middle High German bolle (“round container”) and Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”), ultimately from the root of bowl. * Also as a south German and Swiss German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German bollen (“to bluster”), perhaps imitative. * Also as a German surname, from a Low German shortening of Baldwin. * As a Hungarian surname Böllér, from the noun böllér “butcher, pigsticker”.
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Boller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boller
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