Given name & surname
Bosten
Bosten is a variant of Boston. One English interpretation is “from the town near the forest; from the city of Boston.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bosten is a variant of Boston. One English interpretation is “from the town near the forest; from the city of Boston.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bosten is a variant of Boston. An origin associated with Boston is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bosten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 103 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 17 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 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 58,331 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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