most probably from bullward, an occupational
name for someone who looked after a bull.alternatively, it may be
a nickname for a fraudster, from Old French, Middle English
bole ‘fraud’, ‘deceit’ + the pejorative suffix -(h)ard,
or a nickname for a rotund man, from a pejorative derivative of Old
French boule ‘round’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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