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The Bullet name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Surrey. "Whilst this may occasionally be a late development of BULLED ‘bull-head’, as regularly explained, the main source is clearly different. We have probably a diminutive of Old French boule ‘round’ found in the French surnames Boule, Boulle, Boulot, Bou/et, Boullot and Boullet which Dauzat explains as ‘un individu gros, arrondi’. The noun bullet is from French boulet, a diminutive of boule ‘ball’ " 1
Another source claims the name denoted a "dweller at the sign of the bull's head; one with a bull-shaped head." 2
The surname Bullet was first found in Surrey where Robert le Bulet was recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1194. Also in Surrey, we found the Subsidy Rolls of 1290 listed Robert le Bolete there as holding lands. 1
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bullet research. Another 54 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1379, 1639, 1699, 1716, 1751 and 1775 are included under the topic Early Bullet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bullet has undergone many spelling variations, including Bullhead, Bullitt, Bullet, Bullett, Boleheved, Bullit, Bullhed and many more.
Notables of the family at this time include
To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bullet were among those contributors: