# Boe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,299

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a Swedish surname, from bo (“farm”).
* As a Norwegian surname, from Bø, Bøe, from Old Norse býr (“farm”), related to above.
* As a Danish surname, from Bo, from the Norse name Búi.
* As a Dutch and German surname, reduced from Bode.
* As a West Frisian surname, from the name Boye.

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-by)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bs)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bp)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bw)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-buy)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-box)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bus)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bye)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bow)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bug)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bud)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-btw)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-boo)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-bra)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boe