Bösel

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Übername zu mhd. bœse/bōse, mnd

Bösel is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 765Kas Boesel
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 238K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bösel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BoeselLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Boesel in US United States, IT Italy, AT Austria and 2 more and Bosel in AU Australia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Übername zu mhd. bœse/bōse, mnd. bose/bōs „böse, schlecht“; teils Diminutiv mit l-Suffix, teils Herkunftsname. Belegzahl 876.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bösel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bösel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 62K—Bösel52
US United States435as Boesel1 in 765K435Boesel146
BR Brazil1431 in 1.5M143—1
AU Australia≈110 est.≈1 in 238K—Bosel51
IT Italy≈84 est.≈1 in 745K—Boesel2
AT Austria≈23 est.≈1 in 377K—Boesel6
NZ New Zealand≈9 est.≈1 in 547K—Boesel1
BZ Belize≈3 est.≈1 in 135K—Boesel1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bösel is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bosel

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Bosel

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Bosel

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Bosel

  • Swahili name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bosel

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bösel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Aus dem Übernamen zu böse mit -el-Suffix; persönliches Merkmal. 876 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, from ON in Lower Saxony/Oldenburg

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Ernst Bösel, b. 1904Greta Bösel, b. 1908Otto Bösel, b. 1913Richard Bösel, b. 1948Rainer Bösel, b. 1959Stephanie Madea, b. 1977Benedikt Bösel, b. 1984Dominic Bösel, b. 1989Sebastian Bösel, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bösel mean?
Recorded meaning: Übername zu mhd. bœse/bōse, mnd.
In which country does Bösel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Bösel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bösel.
How common is the name Bösel?
In Brazil, the national register counted 143 people named Bösel, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bösel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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