# Bosse

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #91,311

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”).
* Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard.
* Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.

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