iBloemfontein yenye kwezintathu zoondlu-nkulu njengeNkundla ePhakamileyoas ilapho. NgesiBhulu nang esiDatshi, igama elithi 'Bloemfontein' lithetha "ukudubula (kwentyatyambo)". Esi sixeko saziwa ngokuba sisixeko seentyatyambo. zininzi iintyatyambo eBloemfontein.

iBloemfontein, osuka eMzantsi
iBloemfontein, isuka eMzantsi, malunga no-1900

iBloemfontein yaawas funyanwa nguNjengele H. Douglas Warden ngo-1846. Yadalwa njengenqaba kunye nendawo yokuhlala. Yaba ngumbindi woburhulumente obulawulwa yiBritane iOrange River Sovereignty (1848–54) kunye neOrange Free State (kamva eyaziwa njengeFreyistata).