# Boland

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,637

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
* A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname.
* Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin.

## Easily confused with
- **bond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-bond)
- **bold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-bold)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-brand)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-bound)
- **botany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-botany)
- **bolted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boland-vs-bolted)
- **band** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/band-vs-boland)
- **bola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bola-vs-boland)
- **board** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/board-vs-boland)
- **blind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blind-vs-boland)
- **blank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blank-vs-boland)
- **blend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blend-vs-boland)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blond-vs-boland)
- **bland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bland-vs-boland)
- **blanc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blanc-vs-boland)
- **bogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bogan-vs-boland)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bboland`, `bloand`, `boalnd`, `boladn`, `bolandd`, `bolannd`, `bolland`, `bolnad`, `obland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boland