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Boyd

/bɔɪd/ · name

Meaning

  1. A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Eureka Township, Barton County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  7. A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
  8. An unincorporated community in New Hampton Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa.

Etymology / origin

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

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