All over the world, Bootsman (Bosman 
, Bootsman 
) is a rare principally male, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Bootsman is habitual in Albania, where it is a rare girly name, South Africa, where it is a rare predominantly male, but very seldom feminine name, and Belgium, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in South Africa, Indonesia, and Albania. Much more prevalently, Bootsman is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Bosman | Namibia, Belgium, South Africa, United States, Netherlands |
| Bootsman | Germany, South Africa, Australia, United States, Netherlands |