English: occupational name for a scribe or copyist, from an
agent derivative of Middle English, Old French bulle ‘letter’,
‘document’.English (of Norman origin): habitational name from a
place in Normandy that has not been identified. If it is Bouillé,
and so identical with Bulley 1, the -er(s) may have
arisen by analogy with other Norman place names in -ière(s)
(see for example Villers).German: nickname for a
man with a loud voice, from an agent derivative of Middle High German
bullen ‘to roar’ (of imitative origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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