Around the world, บอส (Boss 
, Bot 
, Bosz 
) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name บอส is habitual in Mongolia, where it is quite a rare male name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Indonesia, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but seldom female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, Indonesia, and India. More prevalently, บอส is the last name as well as the forename.
บอส is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Boss Hogg , the fictional character, The Dukes of Hazzard; Boss Nass , the Star Wars character, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; Boss Biggis , the one-shot villain on "Batman: The Animated Series"; Boss , the character in Mazinger Z and Boss Borot , character in Mazinger, among other works.