Bosco

A boys’ name of Italian origin, meaning forest or woodland.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

Bosco by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Bosco. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bosco. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • BostonBoston town; place name used as given name425 in the US (2017)
  • Boycefrom the wood; occupational or locational surname used as given name18 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a forest or wood

Like Bosco, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
  • Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
  • Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
  • Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
  • Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)

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