Given name & surname

Boggess

“boastful, haughty”

Boggess is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Boggess goes back to Middle English boggish, meaning “boastful, haughty.”

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Where it comes from

Boggess comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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