Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings German : patronymic from Bohl 1.German : habitational name from a place in Westphalia named Bohlen.German (Böhlen) : habitational name from any of several places in Saxony named Böhlen.Swedish (Bohlén) : ornamental name from Bohl 1 + the suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘descendant of’.