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 (1930–2020), French jazz pianist Destiny Levere Bolling, American politician Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872–1961), second wife of Woodrow Wilson Eric Bolling (born 1963), financial news and political television personality Frank Bolling (1931–2020), American baseball second baseman John Bolling, (1676–1729), early American colonist, farmer, and politician Julian Bolling, (born 1966), Sri Lankan swimmer 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 Spottswood Bolling, plaintiff in the Civil Rights lawsuit Bolling v. Sharpe (1954) Tiffany Bolling (born 1947), American actress, model and singer Tyra Bolling (born 1985), African-American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
See also Bølling (disambiguation) Boll, a German surname