Meaning: Swiftness
The story
Boaz is the biblical man who marries Ruth. It is also the name of a pillar at Solomon’s Temple; the name reference gives swiftness as the linguistic meaning.
Nicknames
- Bo
Spellings & variants
- Boas
- Bo'az
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Origins
Boaz comes from Hebrew.
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