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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bos ‘audacious’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’.
  • Swiss German : from Middle High German bōz ‘blow’, ‘push’ + hart ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, probably a nickname for someone who was pugnacious.

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