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".
Notable people with the surname include:
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 Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Boss. 