as a Last Name
- 6,830
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bolt
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly West Country): from Middle English bolt ‘bolt’, ‘bar’ (Old English bolt ‘arrow’). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,830
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Bolt per capita
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