Boge

See also: boge and böge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Boge, a topographic or habitational surname from Old Norse bugr (“hook; bay, inlet”).

Proper noun

Boge (plural Boges)

1. A surname from Norwegian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boge is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Boge is most common among White (93.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 183.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German boge, from Old High German bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Compare German Bogen, Dutch boog, English bow, Danish bue, Norwegian boge.

Noun

Boge m (plural Boge)

1. bow
2. sheet of paper
3. arc, arch