Boise

Meanings

1. A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma.
2. The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river.
3. A ghost town in Texas.

1. An English habitational surname from Old French, a variant of Boyce.
2. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; named for American judge Reuben P. Boise.

Etymology

From French la rivière boisée (“the wooded river”).