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Bocanegra SpanishSpanish: nickname from boca ‘mouth’ + negra ‘black’, denoting a foul-mouthed or abusive person. In the form Boccanegra, this surname has also been long established in Italy.
Boccadamo ItalianMeaning uncertain, first element probably comes from
bocca "mouth".
Boccadifuoco ItalianMeans "mouth of fire", a nickname for someone known for picking fights, or perhaps given to foundlings.
Boccafusca ItalianPossibly means "dark mouth", from
bocco "mouth" and
fosco "dark, gloomy", a nickname for someone who often spoke ill of others, or perhaps given to foundlings.
Boccaletti ItalianPossibly related to
boccale, a kind of jug often used for wine. An occupational name for an innkeeper.
Boccalupo ItalianPossibly from an Italian saying,
in bocca al lupo, literally "in the mouth of the wolf", a way of wishing good luck.
Boccasavia ItalianMeans "sensible mouth", given to someone known for being wise, or giving good advice.
Bocchino ItalianThe Italian family name is classified as being of nickname origin. The most obvious are those names which are based on a physical characteristic or personal attribute of the initial bearer. In this particular instance, according to the author Emedio De Felice, the family name Bocchino derives from "bocca", meaning "mouth", in turn derived from the Latin word "bucca".De Felice states that this family name may not only have arisen from a nickname which described the mouth in a literal sense, since "bocca" in a figurative sense designated such things such things as intelligence and veracity.... [
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Bockelmann GermanPossibly derived from the name Bockel, a place in Germany. A famous bearer is Udo Jürgens (1934-2014), an Austrian musician, born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann.
Boćwiński PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 Masurian villages.
Bodeman GermanBodeman is an occupational name meaning "adherent of the royal messenger".
Bodén SwedishProbably a combination of Swedish
bod meaning either "small shop, boutique" or "shed, shack", and the common surname suffix
-én.
Boden German, Low GermanPatronymic from the personal name
Bode or a topographic name for someone living in a valley bottom or the low-lying area of a field. From Middle High German
boden "ground, bottom".
Bodi FrenchThe United State Version of Bodi is an alteration of the French name Baudin. The name also has roots from Hungary.
Bodily Anglo-SaxonA habitational name from the parish of Budleigh, near Exeter in Devon or Baddeley Green in Staffordshire. From the Old English
budda, meaning "beetle" and
leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing", also known as a glade... [
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Bodin German (Rare)Likely derived from various Germanic personal names containing the name element
Bod meaning "messenger". Another theory is that the name could be derived from any of the several places named
Boddin in Germany.
Bodin SwedishSwedish
bo "dwelling, home" or
bod "small shop, boutique, shed, shack" combined with the common surname suffix
-in.
Bodine FrenchPossibly derived from the Germanic root
bald meaning "bold".
Bøe NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
býr "farm, village, settlement" or
búa "to reside".
Boebert English (American)A notable bearer of this surname is Lauren Opal Boebert (Born on December 15, 1986) who is an American (U.S.A.) politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist, serving as the U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district since 2021... [
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Boeing English (Anglicized)Anglicized form of German
Böing. This was the surname of American industrialist William Boeing (1881-1956) who founded The Boeing Company, a manufacturer of airplanes.
Boekhout EnglishProbably a habitational name from the village Boekhoute in northern Belgium, close to the border to The Netherlands.
Bøen NorwegianHabitational name from the common farm name Bøen, simply meaning "the farm" (ultimately derived from Old Norse
býr "farm, village, settlement" and the definite article
-en).
Boen DutchOccupational name for a bean grower, from Middle Dutch
bone,
boene "bean".
Boettcher GermanOccupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German
botecher,
bötticher,
bütticher, an agent derivative of
botech(e),
bottich,
bütte "vat", "barrel".
Boffi ItalianPossibly from
buffare "to blow, to be short of breath", or a related term meaning "bloated".
Bogatyr RussianDerived from Russian богатырь
(bogatyr) meaning "bogatyr, strongly built man, hero".
Bogdanowicz PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bogdanowo or Bogdanów, both derived from the given name
Bogdan.
Bogdański PolishHabitational name for someone from a place Bogdany, Bogdanowo, Bogdanka or other locations named with the given name
Bogdan.
Bogle Scottish, Northern IrishFrom a medieval Scottish and Northern Irish nickname for someone of scary appearance (from Middle Scots
bogill "hobgoblin").
Bogoyavlensky RussianDerived from Russian богоявление
(bogoyavleniye) meaning "epiphany, theophany".
Bogs EnglishA name given to someone that lives near a bog or swamp. More comonly spelled as Boggs.
Bogusławski PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Boguslaw or Boguslawice, both derived from the given name
Bogusław.
Bohne GermanHabitational name for someone form the town of
Bone in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Bohner GermanOccupational name from an agent derivative of Middle Low German
bönen meaning "to board, to lay a floor", and a topographic name for someone who lived in a loft, derived from a variant of
Bohne combined with the suffix
-er, denoting an inhabitant.
Bohol Filipino, Tagalog, CebuanoHabitational for someone from the province of
Bohol in the Philippines. It is derived from
bo-ol, a kind of tree that flourished on the island
Bois French, French (Quebec)Derived from French
bois "wood, forest", this name used to denote someone who lived near a forest.
Boisvert FrenchMeans "green wood" in French, from
bois "wood" and
vert "green".
Bojaxhiu AlbanianDerived from Albanian
bojaxhi meaning "painter". This was the surname of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa (1910-1997), who was born
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojiaxhiu.
Bolaji NigerianThis surname is very common in Nigeria. Possibly taken from a word in one of the Nigerian tribes languages.
Bolaño SpanishIs a Hispanic surname derived from the spanish word for "stone cannonball" or "stoneshot".
Bolar SpanishTopographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.
Bolas Medieval EnglishEnglish: habitational name from Great Bolas in Shropshire, named in Old English with an unidentified first element (possibly an unattested word bogel meaning ‘bend in a river’) + wæsse ‘land beside a river liable to flood’.
Bold German, EnglishEnglish: nickname from Middle English bold ‘courageous’, ‘daring’ (Old English b(e)ald, cognate with Old High German bald). In some cases it may derive from an Old English personal name (see Bald)... [
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Bolding DanishHabitational name from a place so named in Jutland.
Boldt GermanFrom the Germanic personal name
Baldo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element
bald ‘bold’.
Boldy ScottishThis is a name for someone who lived in Peeblesshire.
Bolewski PolishComes from the given name
Bolesław, also a name for a person who comes from
Bolewice or other places starting with
-Bolew in Poland.
Boleyn EnglishFranciscanized form of
Bullens, a Dutch surname meaning "son of Baldo" (meaning "strong").
Bolingoli Central African, LingalaMeans "shining" in Lingala. This surname is borne by Belgian soccer player Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (1993-), more commonly known as Romelu Lukaku. Another famous bearer is Romelu's cousin Boli Bolingoli (1995-), also a noted soccer player.
Bolitho CornishHabitational name for someone originally from the locality of Bolitho in western Cornwall, derived from Old Cornish
bod or
bos meaning "dwelling" combined with an unknown personal name.
Bolkiah Malay (Rare)Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Arabic وَاقِيَة
(wāqiya) meaning "protector, preserver", or it may be an alteration of the Hadhrami surname بلفقيه
(Balfaqih) from Arabic الفَقِيه
(al-faqīh) meaning "the jurist"... [
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Bolkonsky m RussianBolkonsky is the last name of Princess Marya Bolkonskaya from "War and Peace" by Lev Tolstoy.
Bolland French, German, EnglishFrom the Ancient Germanic name
Bolland. Alternatively it derive from the place name
Bowland from the Old English
boga meaning "bow" and
land meaning "land".
Bollard FrenchFrom a personal name composed of the Germanic elements boll "friend", "brother" +
hard "hardy", "strong".
Bollard English, IrishAccording to MacLysaght, this surname of Dutch origin which was taken to Ireland early in the 18th century.
Bolle ItalianMeans "bubbles" in Italian, derived from the singular
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Bolling English, Germannickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling 'pollard', or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling 'excessive drinking'. German (Bölling): from a personal name
Baldwin Bollinger German (Swiss)Habitational name for someone from any of three places called Bollingen, in Schwyz, Württemberg, and Oldenburg, or from Bohlingen near Lake Constance (which is pronounced and was formerly written as Bollingen).
Bolloré BretonBolloré derives from bod which means bush and lore which means laurel in Breton
Bölöni HungarianFrom the place name
Bölön, a village located in what is now Covasna County in Romania. This surname is used mainly among the Székelys.
Bolsonaro Portuguese (Brazilian)Brazilian Portuguese cognate of
Bolzonaro; in the case of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (1955-), his Italian great-grandfather had the spelling changed from
Bolzonaro upon emigrating to Brazil in the late 19th century.
Bolt EnglishFrom Middle English
bolt meaning "bolt", "bar" (Old English
bolt meaning "arrow"). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts... [
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Boltz GermanMay designate a creator of bolts for crossbows or bowmen. May also be a short form of
Baldwin.
Bolzonaro ItalianOccupational name for a person who operated a battering ram, derived from Italian
bolzone literally meaning "battering ram".
Boman SwedishCombination of Swedish
bo (noun) "nest, farm, dwelling" and
man "man".
Bombadil LiteratureIn J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", the surname of Tom Bombadil, an enigmatic character not present in Peter Jackson's movie adaptation.
Bompadre ItalianFrom a medieval given name Bonuspater, meaning "good father", given in hopes that the "eternal father (god)" would look kindly on the child. Was often given to abandoned infants as a surname.
Bon French, HungarianAs a French surname, it is derived from Old French
bon meaning "good", or occasionally from the Latin given name
Bonus (borne by a minor 3rd-century Christian saint martyred at Rome with eleven companions under the Emperor Vespasian... [
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Bonacci Italian"Bona" comes from the Italian for good, "Buona" and "cci" is ancient Latin form for "man." Thus, "the good man." A derivation of FiBonacci, or "son of Bonacci." Was the name of the famous mathematician, Leondardo de Pisa: Leonardo of Pisa is now known as Fibonacci short for filius Bonacci... [
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Bonaduce ItalianFrom the Latin phrase
bona duce fortuna, "with good luck as your guide".
Bonal FrenchThis is a surname formed from the Latin root "bonus" (= good) and the Germanic "wald" (waldan = govern). Bonwald meaning good governor.
Bonamici ItalianMeans "good friend", originating as a nickname or from a given name of the same meaning.
Bonanno ItalianFrom the medieval personal name
Bonanno, an omen name meaning "good year". Mainly found throughout southern Italy.
Bonar Scottish, Northern IrishFrom a medieval nickname for a courteous or good-looking person (from Middle English
boner "gentle, courteous, handsome"). A notable bearer of the surname was Canadian-born British Conservative politician Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), prime minister 1922-23.
Bonar IrishA "translation" of Irish Gaelic
Ó Cnáimhsighe "descendant of
Cnáimhseach", a nickname meaning literally "midwife" and ostensibly a derivative of Gaelic
cnámh "bone".
Bonasera SicilianDerived from the expression
bona sera "good evening". This name was applied as a nickname either for someone who made frequent use of this salutation or as a personal name bestowed on a child as an expression of gratitude in the sense "it was a good evening when you were born".
Bonatti ItalianComes from the pesonal name '
Bona' which is derived from Latin '
bonus', which means
'great'.
Bonba Basque, SpanishFrom Basque
bonba meaning "bomb", (Latin
bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
Bondia CatalanBondia is a Catalan surname. It means 'good day' or 'good morning'.
Bonera ItalianBresciano surname (i.e., concentrated in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy), derived from the medieval Italian given name
Bonora or
Buonora which in turn meant "(it was a) good hour (when you were born)" from Latin
bonus "good" and
hora "time, hour".
Bonfiglio ItalianFrom the given name
Bonfiglio an omen or well-wishing name meaning "good son" from
bono "good" and
figlio "child, son"... [
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Bongiorno ItalianItalian from the medieval personal name
Bongiorno (composed of
bono ‘good’ +
giorno ‘day’), bestowed on a child as an expression of the parents’ satisfaction at the birth (‘it was a good day when you were born’).
Bongiovanni ItalianComes from the personal name
Giovanni composed of the elements
bon ‘good’ +
Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John
Boniadi Persian (Rare)Probably indicated a person from the Iranian village of Boniad, possibly derived from Persian بنیاد
(bonyad) meaning "foundation, base". A notable bearer is Iranian-English actress
Nazanin Boniadi (1980-).
Bonnar IrishTranslation of the Gaelic "O'Cnaimhsighe", descendant of Cnaimhseach, a byname meaning "Midwife
Bonnefoy FrenchThe name is derived from the French words
bonne, meaning good, and
foi meaning faith.