Given name & surname
Boice
“one who lives near the forest”
Boice is a variant of Boуce. One French interpretation is “one who lives near the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Boice is a variant of Boуce. One French interpretation is “one who lives near the forest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Boice is a variant of Boуce. An origin associated with Boуce is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Boice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,651 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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