Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 10/2/2011 by Ally Boston Edited 9/5/2014 by Beautiful Victory Meaning & History Habitational name from the town Boston in Lincolnshire, England. The name means "Botwulf’s stone".It can also be a variant spelling of German surnames BASTEN and Bastian.