Bossard Family History
Bossard Name Meaning
French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bōs ‘bad evil wild angry’ and hard ‘hardy strong brave’. Compare Bozarth Bussard and 3 below. French: nickname for a hunchback from Old French bosse ‘hump hunched back’ + the pejorative suffix -ard. Swiss German: variant of Bosshart in part a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022