Boss
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Boss by the numbers
Boss was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Boss
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Sounds like Boss
Names that are said the same way as Boss, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Boycefrom the wood; occupational or locational surname used as given name18 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Boss
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