About Boston
The name Boston is of English origin and is derived from the Old English words "Botwulf" and "tun," meaning "Botwulf's settlement." It refers to a town or settlement that was founded or inhabited by someone named Botwulf. Boston is also the name of a city in Massachusetts, United States, which was named after the town in Lincolnshire, England.
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Most individuals with the name Boston are male.
The popularity of the name has decreased by -4.47% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Boston in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Boston using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.