Bolinger Family Crest & Name History

Bolinger is a branch of the Bollinger name tree. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Bollingen”. Without the “l” of Bollinger, Bolinger is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Bollingen.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Bolinger surname had 4,805 bearers. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames. Bolinger sounds close to Boulanger, Bellinger and Bélanger, so it can help to search both.

There is no single Bolinger family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Bolinger family name pack.