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bull Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bul(l)e, bol(l)e. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull. Compare Bulman.
  2. German (mainly northern): from a byname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs.
  3. South German: nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle, or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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bull Family Facts

Distribution of bull Families in the US in 1920
Number of bull families
 224-445
 75-223		 1-74
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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