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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOS

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Reduced form of Dutch Van den Bos, a variant of the topographic name Vandenbosch.
2. South German and French: from the Germanic personal name Boso (see Boos).
3. French (central France): variant of Bois.
4. Hungarian (Bos): from a pet form of the old secular personal name Bo.
5. Hungarian: habitational name for someone from a place called Bos, formerly in Pozsony county, Hungary, now part of Slovakia.
6. Hungarian (Bós): from the old Magyar secular name Bós.
7. Polish (Bos): from a pet form of the personal names Boleslaw or Boguslaw.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)