Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch : variant of Boone.
- Norwegian (Bøen) : habitational name from a common farm name Bøen ‘The Farm’, from bø ‘farm’ or ‘meadow’ (Old Norse býr) + the definite article -en.
- Respelling of Swedish Böen, cognate with 2.
Updated: June 9, 2019
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