Boele

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Possibly a Dutch form of BALDO.

BALDO   male   Italian, Spanish, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element bald "bold, brave", such as BALDOVINO and TEOBALDO.
BALDOVINO   male   Italian
Italian form of BALDWIN.
BALDWIN   male   English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and win "friend". In the Middle Ages this was a popular name in Flanders and among the Normans, who brought it to Britain. It was borne by one of the leaders of the First Crusade, an 11th-century nobleman from Flanders. After the crusaders conquered Jerusalem, he was crowned as the king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
TEOBALDO   male   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of THEOBALD.
THEOBALD   male   English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements theud "people" and bald "bold". The Normans brought the name to England, where it joined an existing Old English cognate. The medieval forms Tibald and Tebald were commonly Latinized as Theobaldus. It was rare by the 20th century.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Boudewijn
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Baldo, Baldovin, Baldwin, Theobald, Theudobald
ENGLISH: Baldwin, Theo, Theobald, Tibby
FRENCH: Baudouin, Thibault
ITALIAN: Baldo, Baldovino, Teo, Teobaldo
LITERATURE: Tybalt
PORTUGUESE: Balduíno, Téo, Teobaldo
SPANISH: Baldo, Balduino, Teo, Teobaldo
WELSH: Maldwyn