Boaz (first name)

Boaz or Boas is a male given name.

Hebrew בועז means "In him is strength". In the Old Testament , the landowner Boaz marries the widow Ruth , a great-grandmother of King David . The name, taken from the Bible, appears for the first time in Germany in the 1970s.

Name bearer

• Boaz Davidson (* 1943), Israeli film director, screenwriter and producer
• Boaz Kimaiyo (* 1976), Kenyan marathon runner
• Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (* 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962), American diplomat
• Boaz Mauda (* 1987), Israeli singer
• Boaz Myhill (born 1982), Welsh football player
• Boaz Yakin (* 1966), American film director, screenwriter

literature

• The great first name dictionary. 3. Edition. Duden, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 3-411-06083-2 .