English · Boy name
Boston
“from Boston”
About the name Boston
Boston is a boy’s name derived from the English city name, meaning ‘from Boston’. The original Boston is a market town in Lincolnshire, whose name is thought to come from ‘Botolph’s stone’, after the Anglo-Saxon Saint Botolph. The name is associated with Boston, Massachusetts, a historic U.S. city founded by Puritan settlers, some of whom came from the Lincolnshire town. It is known for events such as the Boston Tea Party, and is used in the United States as a given name.
- Meaning
- from Boston
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BAW-ston(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Boston
- Boston James
- Boston Alexander
- Boston Michael
- Boston Ryan
- Boston David
Questions about Boston
- What does Boston mean?
- Boston is an English name meaning "from Boston".
- How do you pronounce Boston?
- Boston is pronounced BAW-ston, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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