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 33695^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178.

Anagrams

• Cobh

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbox]

Proper noun

Boch m anim (female equivalent Bochová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Boch (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boch	Bochové
genitive	Bocha	Bochů
dative	Bochovi	Bochům
accusative	Bocha	Bochy
vocative	Bochu	Bochové
locative	Bochovi	Boších
instrumental	Bochem	Bochy

Further reading

• “Boch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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^[1], 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): /ˈbɔx/
• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Syllabification: Boch

Proper noun

Boch m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Boch

	singular	plural
nominative	Boch	Bochowie
genitive	Bocha	Bochów
dative	Bochowi	Bochom
accusative	Bocha	Bochów
instrumental	Bochem	Bochami
locative	Bochu	Bochach
vocative	Bochu	Bochowie

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