Boaz

Where Boaz comes from

From Biblical Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bṓʿaz).
— Wiktionary's entry for Boaz
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1928
    First appearance
    #4,151 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Boaz Yakin born
    American screenwriter and film director
  3. 1982
    Boaz Myhill born
    association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #891
    268 babies named Boaz — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Boaz Myhill · association football player, born 1982
  • Boaz Yakin · American screenwriter and film director, born 1966
  • Boaz Davidson · film director, born 1943
  • Boaz Meylink · Dutch rower, born 1984
  • Boaz Solossa · Indonesian footballer, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.