Boswell \b(o)-swe-ll, bos-well\ as a boy's name is of Middle English origin, and the meaning of Boswell is "well near the woods". Place name. James Boswell (18th century) was a man of letters and the biographer of his contemporary, the lexicographer Samuel Johnson.

Baby names that sound like Boswell are Bosley, Bosly, Boslee and Boslea. Other similar baby names are Caswell and Oswell.