Boas

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of the Hebrew name בֹּעַז (Bo'as)

1) meaning 'swiftness' ^[1]

2) meaning 'power is in him' ^{[2] [3]}

Related Names

Boas	♂
Bóas	♂
Puua	♂
Puuarsi	♂

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Boas
Accusative:	Boas
Dative:	Boasi
Genitive:	Boasar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark: 18th century ^[2]

Bible

In the Old Testament Boas is the husband of Rut

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	39	n.a
Sweden[5]		0	0	10	19
Norway[6]		0	0	7	12
Finland[7]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Boas.

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi