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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (southern) : from bulla ‘bubble’, a regional variant of bolla; either a habitational name from any of several minor places with hot springs that have names derived from this word, or a nickname for a person with a skin complaint causing bubble- or blister-like swellings.

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