Bulett History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bulett

Bulett is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Bulett family once 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

Early Origins of the Bulett family

Early History of the Bulett family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bulett 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 Bulett History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bulett Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bulett family name include Bullhead, Bullitt, Bullet, Bullett, Boleheved, Bullit, Bullhed and many more.

Early Notables of the Bulett family

Adam Bullhead, a prominent 14th century landholder in Yorkshire. Some of family remained in France as we found Pierre Bullet (c. 1639-1716) was a French architect, one of the students of...
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Migration of the Bulett family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bulett surname or a spelling variation of the name include: a number of settlers who arrived in the New World by the 19th century.