Boch

English

Etymology

Both from German Boch and Polish Boch. The surname is also very common in Guatemala.

Proper noun

Boch (plural Boches)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Boch is the 33695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Boch is most common among White (70.41%) and Hispanic/Latino (27.07%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Bach.

Noun

Boch

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) brook, stream
    Synonym: Bachl

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:

Polish

Etymology

From truncation of personal names beginning with Bo- (e.g. Bogdan, Bogusław, and Bolesław) + -ch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔx/
  • Rhymes: -ɔx
  • Syllabification: Boch

Proper noun

Boch m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Boch f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • Boch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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