as a Last Name
- 13,746
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Boston
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from the place in Lincolnshire, the name of which means ‘Bōtwulf's stone’. This has been considered to refer to St. Botulf, and to be the site of the monastery that he built in the 7th century, but it is more likely that the Bōtwulf of the place name was an ordinary landowner, and that the association with the saint was a later development because of the name.
| 2,282nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,746
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maryland
- has the most people named Boston per capita
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