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Look up bois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bois may refer to: Bois, Charente-Maritime, France Bois, West Virginia, United States Bois d'Arc, Texas
Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights. Du Bois and his
W._E._B._Du_Bois
1791 ceremony in which the Haitian Revolution was planned
72°16′23″W / 19.723°N 72.273°W / 19.723; -72.273 Bois Caïman (French: Bois Caïman, lit. 'Gator Wood'; Bois 'Wood', Caïman 'Gator') was the site of the first
Bois_Caïman
American teacher (1900–1961)
attending a night school held at Dunbar. Du Bois and Williams married in September 1931. Their daughter Du Bois Williams was born October 11, 1932. The family
Yolande_Du_Bois
American sportswriter (born 1982)
Jon Bois (/bɔɪs/ BOYSS; born September 24, 1982) is an American sports writer, video producer, and YouTuber. He is an executive producer of Secret Base
Jon_Bois
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up BOI, Boi, or boi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boi or BOI may refer to: Boi Faltings (born 1960), Swiss professor Boi Lemingon (born 1968)
Boi
French-Canadian independent fur traders
coureur des bois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. 'runner of the woods') or coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; pl. coureurs de(s) bois) were independent
Coureur_des_bois
Village in Essex, England
Theydon Bois (/ˌθeɪdən ˈbɔɪz, - ˈbɔɪs/ THAY-dən BOYZ, - BOYSS) is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is 1
Theydon_Bois
French actress
Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Bois has a younger sister. Bois wanted to be an actress since the age of 4. While at school Bois joined an amateur theatre troupe
Cécile_Bois
such producers who release Cru Fins Bois include A. de Fussigny, Chateau de Beaulon and Jean Grosperrin. Fins Bois eaux-de-vies are characterised by their
Fins_Bois
Slang LGBT word for a masculine-presenting person
Boi (plural: bois) is slang within butch and femme and gay male communities for several sexual or gender identities. The term has also been used, independently
Boi_(slang)
Park on the edge of Paris, France
in the Bois de Boulogne (1868), by Pierre-Auguste Renoir A horse race in the Bois de Boulogne (1872), by Édouard Manet Strollers in the Bois de Boulogne
Bois_de_Boulogne
American-Ghanaian writer and activist (1896–1977)
Bois and Du Bois immediately applied for passports. During her first visit to China in 1959, Graham Du Bois, alongside her husband W. E. B. Du Bois,
Shirley_Graham_Du_Bois
1820 novel by Walter Scott
of the Templars, takes umbrage at Bois-Guilbert's infatuation and subjects Rebecca to a trial for witchcraft. At Bois-Guilbert's secret request, she claims
Ivanhoe
Topics referred to by the same term
Bois Doré may refer to: Bois Doré (McLean, Virginia), a historic house Bois Doré (Newport, Rhode Island), a historic chateau-style mansion Les Beaux Messieurs
Bois_Doré
English priest and scholar
the Authorized Version of the Bible. Bois was born in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, His father was William Bois, a graduate of Michaelhouse, Cambridge
John_Bois
American civil rights activist (1870–1950)
in New York. Du Bois was the first wife of civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois and the mother of educator Yolande Du Bois. Du Bois was born on July
Nina_Gomer_Du_Bois
American actress (d. 2020)
– February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (/dʒəˈneɪ duːˈbwɑː/), was an American actress and singer
Ja'Net_DuBois
Serialized speculative fiction multimedia narrative
States. Bois originally intended to follow up with a further series entitled 20021; however, it was postponed indefinitely. In May 2025, Bois announced
17776
Australian designer, building expert, television presenter and author
Barry Du Bois (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian designer, building expert, television presenter and author. Du Bois was a co-host and design/building
Barry_Du_Bois
Index of plants with the same common name
Bois bande or bois bandé is the common name of several West Indian tree species reputed to have aphrodisiac properties including: Parinari campestris Richeria
Bois_bande
Style of brandy produced in France
climate, this area is 20,000 hectares. Bois à terroirs The soils of Les Bois (Bons Bois, Bois Ordinaires, and Bois à terroirs) are sandy, spanning coastal
Cognac
European fairy tale
comme on dit : La Belle au bois dormant, ce qui ne veut pas dire la belle au bois qui dort, mais la belle qui dort au bois [...] Léopold Constans (1890)
Sleeping_Beauty
Topics referred to by the same term
Dubois, DuBois, or Du Bois may refer to: Dubois (surname), a Norman-French surname (include a list of people with the surnames Dubois and Du Bois) W. E.
Dubois
Caribbean folklore character
Papa Bois or Papa Bwa (otherwise known as "Maître Bois", meaning master of the woods or "Daddy Bouchon" meaning hairy man), a French patois word for "father
Papa_Bois
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up bois d'arc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bois d'arc (Maclura pomifera) is a species of small tree also known as the Osage-orange. Bois d'arc
Bois_d'arc_(disambiguation)
German actor (1901–1991)
on Howard Hughes and Bois was Ryan's conflicted fixer, Franzi Kartos. Most of his Hollywood roles were small, but nevertheless Bois was in demand. After
Curt_Bois
Canadian politician
Dupuis was chosen as leader. Nonetheless, Bois and most of his colleagues lost their bid for re-election in 1973. Bois died on August 31, 2001. "Biography"
Armand_Bois
Topics referred to by the same term
Grand Bois may refer to: Grand Bois, Mauritius, a village in the district of Savanne, Mauritius (see List of places in Mauritius) Grand Bois (loa), an
Grand_Bois
French actress
"Victoire du Bois ("Marianne") : qui est l'héroïne de la nouvelle série française de Netflix ?". Gala.fr (in French). "Victoire Du Bois - Fiche Artiste
Victoire_Du_Bois
Cemetery in Paris, France
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery (French: Cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) is part of the Cimetière de Liers and is called the
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois_Russian_Cemetery
British businessman (1864-1938)
Stanley Bois (20 June 1864 – 14 April 1938) was a British businessman who served his career in Ceylon in the late 19th and early 20th century. Bois was born
Stanley_Bois
Gab Bois is a Canadian artist. She creates objects out of unusual materials. Bois grew up in Montréal. As an only child, she found herself drawn to arts
Gab_Bois
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
office called Bois D'arc has been in operation since 1868. The community was named for an individual osage-orange tree (also known as a bois d'arc) which
Bois_D'Arc,_Missouri
Municipality in Jura, Switzerland
Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Les Bois is first mentioned in 1484 as Des Boix. Les Bois has an area of 24.71 km2 (9.54 sq mi). Of this area
Les_Bois
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Clichy-sous-Bois. 4 September 2016. "Les ecoles elementaires." Clichy-sous-Bois. Retrieved on 4 September 2016. "Les collèges et le lycée." Clichy-sous-Bois. Retrieved
Clichy-sous-Bois
Artistic imitation of wood
faux bois today. Adrian Janes of Janes, Beebe & Company produced some of the earliest mass-produced cast iron benches and chairs using the faux bois style
Faux_bois
Island in Lake Huron, Mackinac County, Michigan, US
Bois Blanc Island (/bɔɪz ˈblæŋk/ boyz BLANK) is an island in Lake Huron within Bois Blanc Township, Mackinac County, Michigan. The island covers about
Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan)
Grand Bois (meaning great wood, also Grans Bwa, Bran Bwa, Ganga-Bois; Haitian Creole: Gran Bwa) is an elemental, nature-oriented loa closely associated
Grand_Bois_(loa)
Term associated with the Métis of Canada
Bois-Brûlés ('Burnt Wood') are Métis. The name is most frequently associated with the French-speaking Métis of the Red River Colony in the Red River valley
Bois-Brûlés
American rapper (born 1975)
Antwan André Patton (born February 1, 1975), known professionally as Big Boi, is an American rapper and record producer. Born in Savannah, Georgia, and
Big_Boi
1944 execution of members of the French resistance by German troops
The Bois de Boulogne massacre was an incident involving the killing of 35 young French Resistance fighters in the Bois de Boulogne on 16 August 1944 during
Bois_de_Boulogne_massacre
Fragmentary woodblock for painting
The woodblock fragment Bois Protat ([bwɑ pʁɔta] ("Protat wood[block]"); also Protat block or Protat woodblock, c. 1370–1380) is a fragmentary woodblock
Bois_Protat
French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
broodmares of the 20th century. At the time of foaling Bois Roussel, Plucky Liege was 23 years old. Bois Roussel did not start as a two-year-old. Raced at
Bois_Roussel
Floodplain in Missouri, U.S.
The Bois Brule Bottom (French: Bois Brûlé) is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek
Bois_Brule_Bottom
German mathematician (1831–1889)
paper of 1875, du Bois-Reymond employed for the first time the method of diagonalization, later associated with the name of Cantor. Du Bois-Reymond also established
Paul_du_Bois-Reymond
American far-right anti-government movement
movement, whose adherents are often referred to as boogaloo boys or boogaloo bois, is a loosely organized far-right anti-government extremist movement in the
Boogaloo_movement
2014 British television drama
staying in Châlons De Bois. He is a recovering alcoholic. Eric Godon as Georges Deloix; Alain's brother and the Mayor of Châlons De Bois, who continually stops
The Missing (British TV series)
The_Missing_(British_TV_series)
Railway station in Rosny-sous-Bois, France
Rosny–Bois-Perrier station (French: Gare de Rosny–Bois-Perrier, pronounced [ʁoni bwa pɛʁje]) is a French metro and railway station in Rosny-sous-Bois, in
Rosny–Bois-Perrier_station
German physician and physiologist (1818–1896)
the earliest and most significant admirers of du Bois-Reymond's work was Alexander von Humboldt. Du Bois-Reymond demonstrated his experiments for him in
Emil_du_Bois-Reymond
American domestic worker
and sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois, whose education she supported by working as a servant after her husband left her. Du Bois was born Mary Silvina Burghardt
Mary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois
Mary_Silvina_Burghardt_Du_Bois
Part of Grand-Aigueblanche in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Le Bois (French pronunciation: [lə bwa]; Savoyard: Vel Boué) is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern
Le_Bois
Commune in Île-de-France, France
its public facilities. There is a taxi rank at Aulnay-sous-Bois station. Aulnay-sous-Bois is located 5 km from Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airport
Aulnay-sous-Bois
Village in Buckinghamshire, England
family (the French version of which was "de Bois") and by 1213 in the reign of King John a William du Bois was holding the manor. By about 1430, in the
Chesham_Bois
Commune in Normandy, France
when Bihorel split from Bois-Guillaume and became a commune in its own right. As a result of the split, the commune of Bois-Guillaume saw its territory
Bois-Guillaume
Topics referred to by the same term
Bois Blanc may refer to: One of two islands in the Great Lakes: Bois Blanc Island (Michigan) Bois Blanc Island (Ontario) Bois Blanc Township, Michigan
Bois_Blanc
Plant species in the fig family
common names, including mock orange, horse apple, and hedge apple. The name bois d'arc (French, meaning "bow-wood") has also been corrupted into bodark and
Maclura_pomifera
Samuel Roy-Bois (born September 30, 1973) is a Quebecois artist, musician, and performer. Roy-Bois is interested in the deconstruction of space, questioning
Samuel_Roy-Bois
French journalist (1878 – 1941)
Élie Joseph Bois (1878–1941) was a French journalist who was editor of the newspaper Le Petit Parisien for 25 years. Bois's speciality was international
Élie_Bois
American writer (1899–1993)
Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois (/duːˈbwɑː/; sometimes written DuBois; August 24, 1899 – October 20, 1993) was an American writer of comic book stories and comic
Gaylord_DuBois
Mississippi Gulf Coast barrier island
variant names are l'Isle de Petit Bois (French, modern spelling would be l'île) and Petitbois Island. Petit bois in French means "little woods". The
Petit_Bois_Island
Swedish football club
Varbergs BoIS FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Varberg, the main town of Varberg Municipality in Halland County. The club was formed
Varbergs_BoIS
Commune in Île-de-France, France
as Fontenay-les-Bois (meaning "Fontenay by the woods"), Fontenay-sur-le-Bois (meaning "Fontenay over the wood"), or Fontenay-sous-Bois (meaning "Fontenay
Fontenay-sous-Bois
French dancer (born 2000)
avec Elsa Bois - Voici". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-22. Elsa Bois at the World DanceSport Federation Elsa Bois at IMDb Elsa Bois on Instagram
Elsa_Bois
Topics referred to by the same term
Bois-Franc or Bois-Francs can refer to the following places, all in Quebec, Canada: Bois-Franc, Quebec, a municipality Bois-Franc, Montreal, a neighbourhood
Bois-Franc
Ouvrage of the Maginot Line
gallery system or remotely located entries. Bois-Karre has been preserved and is maintained as a museum. Bois-Karre was surveyed by CORF (Commission d'Organisation
Ouvrage_Bois-Karre
Park in Brussels, Belgium
the island to the shores of the lake. View of the lake at the Bois de la Cambre The Bois de la Cambre in the autumn Water towers Ice rink in the snow Belgium
Bois_de_la_Cambre
Public park in Paris
prostitution after dark. The Bois de Vincennes has a total area of 995 hectares (2,460 acres), making it slightly larger than the Bois de Boulogne 846 hectares
Bois_de_Vincennes
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes. The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March
Bois-Colombes
Lake in Texas
Science Behind Bois d'Arc Lake". Texas Highways. Retrieved 2025-08-20. Rogers, Tim (2023-04-14). "Age-Old Farmland Is Now Fresh Shoreline and Bois d'Arc Lake
Bois_D'Arc_Lake
River in the United States
Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River. “Sans bois” is a French phrase meaning “without wood.” The Sans Bois Mountains lie across the southern part of Haskell
Sans_Bois_Creek
Civil township in Michigan, United States
of webbing for snowshoes. Bois Blanc is in the traditional lands of the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Bois Blanc was ceded by the local
Bois_Blanc_Township,_Michigan
Colonist (1626–1696)
Louis du Bois fils de feu Crestien de stil couturier dem(eurant) à Herlÿ ...at par ceste vendu cede et t(ran)sporte audict Franchois du Bois ... touttes
Louis_Du_Bois_(Huguenot)
Canadian sailor
Frank Bois (or Boise) (September 13, 1841 – January 25, 1920) was a Canadian sailor who fought in the American Civil War. He received the U.S. military's
Frank_Bois
Topics referred to by the same term
Guy Bois may refer to: Guy Pène du Bois (1884–1958), American painter and art critic Guy Bois (historian) (1934–2019), French historian This disambiguation
Guy_Bois
Comic book album by Rodolphe Töpffer
Histoire de Mr. Vieux-Bois (also known as Les amours de Mr. Vieux-Bois, or simply Mr. Vieux-Bois), published in English as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah
Histoire_de_Mr._Vieux_Bois
Ancient coal mine in Belgium
site of the headquarters of the Société des Charbonnages de Bois-du-Luc et d'Havre, the Bois du Luc was the site of the Saint Emmanuel Pit (Fosse Saint-Emmanuel)
Bois-du-Luc
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
settlers came in 1870. Its post office, named Bois-Franc, opened in 1886. In 1920, the Municipality of Bois-Franc was founded when it separated from the
Bois-Franc,_Quebec
Term for racial segregation in the US
among the three versions of Du Bois’ prediction in The Souls of Black Folk, as within a very short amount of text Du Bois provides the reader with three
Color_line_(racism)
School district in Michigan
Bois Blanc Pines School District is a public school district located in Bois Blanc Township in the U.S. state of Michigan. The district had an enrollment
Bois Blanc Pines School District
Bois_Blanc_Pines_School_District
Human settlement in Canada
Beau Bois is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near Burin. It is 40 miles (64 km) from
Beau_Bois
Interchange REM station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bois-Franc (French pronunciation: [bwafʁɑ̃]) is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) interchange station in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec
Bois-Franc_station
Village in Illinois, United States
Du Bois is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Du Bois had a population of 175. Du Bois was originally named
Du_Bois,_Illinois
Annual ball in Richmond, Virginia
Google Books. Bois, Content provided by Bal du (30 January 2019). "Bal du Bois sponsors named". Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Bal du Bois". Slipek, Edwin
Bal_du_Bois
American linguist
Du Bois is a key figure in research on stance, dialogic syntax, argument structure, referential pragmatics and discourse representation. Du Bois is the
John_W._Du_Bois
American painter (1884–1958)
Robert Henri, whose teachings lead Pène du Bois to focus more on everyday life in his own artwork. Pène du Bois traveled to Europe in 1905 to study under
Guy_Pène_du_Bois
Surname list
spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Florent du Bois de La Villerabel
Dubois_(surname)
Topics referred to by the same term
Sainte-Marie-du-Bois may refer to the following communes in France: Sainte-Marie-du-Bois, Manche, in the Manche département Sainte-Marie-du-Bois, Mayenne, in
Sainte-Marie-du-Bois
Preserved military fortification in France
ouvrage Mauvais-Bois and gros ouvrage Bréhain, facing Luxembourg. A planned expansion, never carried out, was intended to enlarge Bois-du-Four into a fully
Ouvrage_Bois-du-Four
Surname list
Du Bois-Reymond may refer to: Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), German physician and physiologist Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), German zoologist
Du_Bois-Reymond
Village in New Brunswick, Canada
Bois-Joli is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. Bois-Joli was
Bois-Joli
Cemetery in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery (French: Cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux) is the principal burial ground of Lausanne in Switzerland. Laid out by the architect Alphonse
Bois-de-Vaux_Cemetery
City in Quebec, Canada
immigration to New France. This town is named Bois des Filion because of the beautiful maple woods bordering it; le bois being French for "the woods". When the
Bois-des-Filion
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert (French pronunciation: [la vil o bwa lɛ pɔ̃tavɛʁ], literally La Ville-aux-Bois near Pontavert) is a commune in the Aisne
La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert
La_Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert
Coal mine near Charleroi
from Bois de Cazier. After 1898, the site was owned by the charbonnages d'Amercœur company and operated by the Société anonyme du Charbonnage du Bois du
Bois_du_Cazier
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Daniel Bois (born June 1, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Bois played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the
Danny_Bois
du Bois is an annual Francophone festival held in the Maillardville neighbourhood of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. In 2025, Festival du Bois was
Festival_du_Bois
geometry, Du Bois singularities are singularities of complex varieties studied by Du Bois. Schwede gave the following characterisation of Du Bois singularities
Du_Bois_singularity
Topics referred to by the same term
Petit Bois is a community in the Ouest department of Haiti. Petit Bois or Petit-Bois can also refer to: Petit Bois Island, island in Mississippi, United
Petit_Bois_(disambiguation)
Horse race
Longchamp. It takes its name from the Bois de Boulogne, the location of its former home, and the Avenue du Bois (now the Avenue Foch), which leads towards
Prix_du_Bois
BOIS
BOIS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful or boisterous person, from Middle English ga(i)le ‘jovial’, ‘rowdy’, from Old English gÄl ‘light’, ‘pleasant’, ‘merry’, which was reinforced in Middle English by Old French gail. Compare Gail 2.English : from a Germanic personal name introduced into England from France by the Normans in the form Gal(on). Two originally distinct names have fallen together in this form: one was a short form of compound names with the first element gail ‘cheerful’, ‘joyous’. Compare Gaillard, the other was a byname from the element walh ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’.English : metonymic occupational name for a jailer, topographic name for someone who lived near the local jail, or nickname for a jailbird, from Old Northern French gaiole ‘jail’ (Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of classical Latin cavea ‘cage’).Portuguese : from galé ‘galleon’, ‘war ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a mariner.Slovenian : from a pet form of the personal name Gal (Latin Gallus), formed with the suffix -e, usually denoting a young person.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational nickname for a forester, literally ‘guard wood’, from Old French garder, warder ‘to guard’ + bois ‘wood’.English : habitational name from Warboys in Cambridgeshire, possibly from an unattested Old English Wearda or alternatively Old English weard ‘watch’, ‘protection’ + busc ‘bush’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : from Middle English cranke ‘lively’, ‘lusty’, ‘vigorous’, hence a nickname for a cheerful, boisterous, or cocky person.English : nickname from cranuc, a diminutive of Middle English cran ‘crane’ (see Crane).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Kranke, from Low German Kraneke ‘crane’, applied to someone thought to resemble the bird in some way, or a nickname for a poor physical specimen, from Middle High German kranc ‘sickly’, ‘ailing’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : variant spelling of Boyce.Americanized spelling of French Bois.
Boy/Male
English Irish
Boisterous.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Boyce.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Boscherville in Eure, France, named with Old Anglo-Norman French boschet ‘copse’, ‘thicket’ (a diminutive of Bois) + ville ‘settlement’, ‘town’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : variant spelling of Boyce.Americanized spelling of French Bois.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a noisy or boisterous person, from Middle High German pral ‘noise’.English : habitational name from Prawle in Devon, probably named with Old English prÄw ‘lookout’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish, northern Irish, and English
Scottish, northern Irish, and English : topographic name for someone who lived by a wood, from Old French bois ‘wood’.English : patronymic from the Middle English nickname boy ‘lad’, ‘servant’, or possibly from an Old English personal name Boia, of uncertain origin. Examples such as Aluuinus Boi (Domesday Book) and Ivo le Boye (Lincolnshire 1232) support the view that it was a byname or even an occupational name; examples such as Stephanus filius Boie (Northumbria 1202) suggest that it was in use as a personal name in the Middle English period.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue).Anglicized spelling of French Bois, cognate with 1.
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Rambunctious; Boisterous; High-spirited; Variant of Shaun from John
Boy/Male
French
Forest.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a boisterous person, from Middle English, Old French revel ‘festivity’, ‘tumult’, ‘riot’ (from Old French reveler ‘to revel’).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Saint-Léger in La Manche or Saint-Léger-aux-Bois in Seine-Maritime, both so called from the dedication of their churches to St. Leger (see Ledger), the martyred 7th-century bishop of Autun.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from a Germanized form of the personal name Salomon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English buyscel, busshell, bysshell ‘bushel’, ‘measure of grain’ (Old French boissel, buissel, of Gaulish origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or factor, one who measured grain. The name may also have been applied to a maker of vessels designed to hold or measure out a bushel.English : from a diminutive of Biss.Respelling of German Biesel, a habitational name from Bisel in Alsace.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a dense forest, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’, or a habitational name from a minor place so named, as for example Greenwood in Heathfield, East Sussex.English translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Grünholz, an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably of German Grünwald (see Gruenwald).English translation of French Boisvert.
Boy/Male
British, English
Boisterous; High-spirited
Boy/Male
English
Boisterous. Western nickname.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Boisterous
BOIS
BOIS
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Another Name for Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Hebrew American
Ewe. Rachel was the second and favoured wife of Jacob in the Old Testament.
Boy/Male
Indian
Unique, One, United
Girl/Female
Biblical
Their mouthful, a dilatation of the mouth.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Rosalyn, ROSLYN means "weak horse."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Monday.Scottish : probably a habitational name from Munday (formerly Mundy) in Perthshire.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Maid-in-waiting; Female Servant
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
In the Likeness of God
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Traditional
Lucky
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Humming of bee
BOIS
BOIS
BOIS
BOIS
BOIS
n.
Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.
n.
A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
n.
Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
n.
A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
n.
The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.
a.
Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
a.
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
a.
Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.
v. i.
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
v. i.
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
n.
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
n.
Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
n.
A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance.
adv.
In a boisterous manner.
superl.
Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.
v. i.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
v. i.
To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
a.
Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
n.
Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
n.
Boisterous weather.