Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : from a Germanic personal name composed of bald ‘bold’ + gār, gēr ‘spear’.
  • German : habitational name from any of several places called Belgern, near Torgau and in Saxony.
  • English : variant of Bolger.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe