Boling
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "boling"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From various origins, including German Böhling and English Bolling and Bowling.
Proper noun
[edit]Boling (plural Bolings)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boling is the 4669th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7597 individuals. Boling is most common among White (91.37%) individuals.
Etymology 2
[edit]From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 博陵 (Bólíng, “rich with mounds”).
Proper noun
[edit]Boling
- (historical) A former region of early imperial China in present-day Hebei.
- (historical) A former princely title of imperial China.
- (historical) A former commandery of medieval China in present-day Hebei.
- (historical) The various seats of the commandery: present-day Raoyang, Anping, and Dingzhou in Hebei.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Dingzhou): See Dingzhou