as a Last Name
- 20,510
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Boswell
Meaning & Origins
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville in Seine Maritime, France, named with Old French Beuze (a personal name probably of Germanic origin) + ville ‘settlement’. The final element has been altered as a result of association with the common place name ending -well ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
| 1,509th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,510
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Boswell per capita
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