Bostin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Bostin by the numbers
Bostin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Bostin
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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bostin. 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)
- Bostynfrom Boston; a variant of Boston49 in the US (2017)
- Bastianvenerable, revered; a form of Sebastian155 in the US (2017)
- Bastiona stronghold or fortified position25 in the US (2017)
- Bastienrevered; respected; short form of sebastian22 in the US (2017)
- Bodinshelter or dwelling; a form of Bodyn16 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bostin
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