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I am about to have a son and I plan on naming him Bocephus. My wife is a little put off that we can not find a solid meaning.
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I curious about this one, too. When I was a kid, we had a basset hound named Sam, and my father took to calling him Sam Bocephus or just Bocephus. This would've been in the early 1970s.
I don't know where my father got Bocephus. For ages, I thought it must be a name from the bible. My dad was a fan of country music, but I doubt he was aware in the early 1970s of Hank Williams, Jr.'s nickname. He may have gotten it from the name of Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy (as mentioned earlier); maybe he heard Brasfield's performances on the Grand Old Opry. I like to think he got it from the folk song thegriffon mentioned, about the boy Bocephus and the bear named Horatio.
I don't know where my father got Bocephus. For ages, I thought it must be a name from the bible. My dad was a fan of country music, but I doubt he was aware in the early 1970s of Hank Williams, Jr.'s nickname. He may have gotten it from the name of Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy (as mentioned earlier); maybe he heard Brasfield's performances on the Grand Old Opry. I like to think he got it from the folk song thegriffon mentioned, about the boy Bocephus and the bear named Horatio.
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Sorry to break it to you, but hanks song titled "my name is bocephus" came out in 68'.... im almost certain that hank is wxactly where he got the name from... 2021 was the only year that topped 1968-1975 for having children born with that name
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