Boas Family History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Hebrew personal name Boas or Boaz its original sense being ‘in him is strength’. In the Book of Ruth in the Writings of the Hebrew Bible this is the name of Ruth's rich kinsman who later became her husband.

English (Cornwall): variant of Boyce pronounced as /bɔ:s/or /bɔ:z/ spelled Boase Bose and Boaz also pronounced as /bo:s/ developing to /bu:s/ or /bu:z/ and spelled Boose.

English: variant of Bowes.