Boss (surname)

Boss is a surname of European origin, mainly Germanic.

In English Boss comes from the nickname for a hunchback, or bossu in Old French meaning ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’. From French it can also be compared to Bossard. In German it is from a short form of the personal name Borkhardt, a variant of Burkhart, and possibly a differed spelling of South German Bös. In Danish it is the medieval variant of the surname Buus.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Geoffrey Boss (born 1969), American professional racing driver
  • Harley Boss (1908–1964), American baseball player and coach
  • Hugo Boss (1885–1948), German fashion designer
  • Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
  • Kevin Boss (born 1984), American football tight end
  • Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer
  • Marcellus Boss (1901–1967), American politician, 5th Civilian Governor of Guam
  • Medard Boss (1903–1990), Swiss psychoanalytic psychiatrist
  • Terry Boss (born 1981), Puerto Rican association football goalkeeper

References
  1. https://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=boss#:~:text=English%3A%20nickname%20for%20a%20hunchback,German%20B%C3%B6s%20(see%20Bos).
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