Bolling

The origins of the surname Bolling: English: from a 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).

Bolling may refer to:

• Bolling, Alabama
• Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.

People with the surname

• Alexander R. Bolling (1895–1964), U.S. Army officer
• Bill Bolling (born 1957), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
• Bruce Bolling (1945–2012), first black president of the Boston City Council
• Claude Bolling (born 1930), French jazz pianist
• Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872–1961), second wife of Woodrow Wilson
• Eric Bolling (born 1963), financial news and political television personality
• Frank Bolling (born 1931), American baseball second baseman
• John Bolling, (1676–1729), early American colonist, farmer, and politician
• Landrum Bolling (1913–2018), American educator and diplomat
• Leslie Garland Bolling (1898–1955), an African-American sculptor from Virginia
• Milt Bolling (1930–2013), American baseball infielder and brother of Frank Bolling
• Phillip S. Bolling (1849–1892), African-American politician and former slave
• Raynal Bolling (1877–1918), U.S. Army officer
• Richard Walker Bolling (1916–1991), American politician
• Robert Bolling (1646–1709), early American colonist and Jane Rolfe's husband
• Royal L. Bolling (1920–2002), Massachusetts politician, war hero
• Ruben Bolling (born 1963), American cartoonist
• Samuel P. Bolling (1819–1900), African-American politician and former slave
• Tiffany Bolling (born 1947), American actress, model and singer

See also

• Bølling (disambiguation)
• Boll, a German surname