Boyd

Meanings

1. A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
5. An unincorporated community in New Hampton Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa.
6. An unincorporated community in Eureka Township, Barton County, Kansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
8. A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
9. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri.
10. A town in Wise County, Texas.
11. A village in the town of Delmar, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
12. A short river in Gloucestershire, England, which joins the Bristol Avon near Bitton; in full, the River Boyd.

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.