Bosse
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given name Bo. Affix of Bo + -s (“genitive”) + s (“gemination”) + -e (“hypocoristic suffix”). Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Bosse (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Bosse has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 25 |
| 2014 | 37 |
| 2015 | 33 |
| 2016 | 39 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 57 |
| 2019 | 60 |
| 2020 | 52 |
| 2021 | 43 |
| 2022 | 49 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 149 |
| 2000 | 153 |
| 2001 | 162 |
| 2002 | 172 |
| 2003 | 176 |
| 2004 | 184 |
| 2005 | 184 |
| 2006 | 191 |
| 2007 | 199 |
| 2008 | 206 |
| 2009 | 220 |
| 2010 | 236 |
| 2011 | 260 |
| 2012 | 287 |
| 2013 | 317 |
| 2014 | 358 |
| 2015 | 395 |
| 2016 | 438 |
| 2017 | 479 |
| 2018 | 539 |
| 2019 | 598 |
| 2020 | 661 |
Bosse in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Bosse.Hi! My name is Bosse.
- Bosse bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Bosse lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Bosse har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Bosse has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Bosses mamma är lärare.Bosse's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bosses mamma is Bosse's mum.
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Questions about Bosse
How do you pronounce Bosse in Swedish?
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What does the name Bosse mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given name Bo. Affix of Bo + -s (“genitive”) + s (“gemination”) + -e (“hypocoristic suffix”). Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.
How popular is Bosse in Sweden?
49 babies were named Bosse in 2022. In 2020, 661 people in Sweden had Bosse as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.