The Boullanger Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Boullanger usually leads back to Boulanger. The family name meaning is “Baker”, the same as for Boulanger.

Boullanger coat of arms

Arms linked to Boulanger and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Boullanger and Boulanger

The extra “l” in Boullanger is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Boulangier and Boulenger.

From 1891 to 2000, 385 births in France were registered under Boullanger. There were 26 such births in the 1890s and 28 in the 1990s. Want more than a summary? See the Boullanger family name pack.