as a Last Name
- 7,712
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Boss
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for a hunchback, from Old French bossu ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’; compare Bossard 2).
| 4,002nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,712
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Boss per capita
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