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Bosse
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bosse bossé bøsse boße
English
+ (name)
Etymology
Various origins:
Borrowed from en fr Bosse or fr Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from fr bosse bump, hump.
Borrowed from South en de Bosse, a pet form of the personal name en Burkhard.
Borrowed from en nl Bosse, a variant of nl Bosch.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bosse is the 8222nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4036 individuals. Bosse is most common among White (90.26%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from French surnames from German surnames from Dutch
French
Proper noun
fr
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈbɔsə/
de De-Bosse.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Bos se
Etymology 1
de :bor fr:bosse<t:bump, hump>
de fr bosse bump, hump.
Noun
f
bossage
Declension
f
Derived terms
de bossieren
Etymology 2
Noun
de noun form
de Boss nom//acc//gen p
Swedish
Etymology
Affix of sv Bo -s s -e genitive gemination hypocoristic suffix.
Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.
Proper noun
c
sv male Bo
sv 1997 w:Majgull Axelsson Aprilhäxan 126 Pan 2006 9172633298 Bakom dem flockades deras familjer: var sin hustru - Bitte för Stig, Anita för Gunnar - och sammanlagt fem vattenkammade söner i olika storlekar. Alla bar de den nya tidens sladdriga namn: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle och Ante. Behind them, their families gathered: each with a wife - Bitte for Stig, Anita for Gunnar - and a total of five well-groomed sons of various sizes. They all carried the casual names of the new era: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle, and Ante.