Does anyone know where the surname Polen came from????
2007-03-09 08:46:13 · 4 answers · asked by Peacen 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The guy above is close, but no cigar.
It is German, but it means Pole or Poland (kind of like the common surname French in English-speaking countries). The other spelling (more common) for the name is Pohlen.
2007-03-09 08:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Polen
German and Dutch: ethnic name for a Pole or nickname for someone with some other connection with Poland, from Polen ‘Poland’.
Possibly also a variant of Irish Polin.
Polin
French: from a pet form of the personal name Paul.
Irish (Counties Armagh and Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac PóilÃn, patronymic from a personal name formed from a pet form of Pól (Paul).
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): regional name for someone from Poland, from a slavicized form of German Polen ‘Poland’.
Variant of German Bolling.
Bolling
English: nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling ‘pollard’, or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling ‘excessive drinking’.
German (Bölling): from a pet form of a personal name formed with Germanic bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ (see Baldwin).
Swedish: either an ornamental name composed of Boll + the suffix -ing ‘belonging to’, or possibly a habitational name from a place named Bolling(e).
2007-03-09 16:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poland
2007-03-09 16:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by q6656303 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know but it might be Polish or German
2007-03-09 17:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by jaspers mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋