Given name & surname
Bosworth
“from the enclosure near the forest”
Bosworth is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the enclosure near the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the enclosure near the forest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English boswurþ (“cattle enclosure”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bosworth’s family of names
Bosworth has a related form in Bosworthe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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