Boyce

Where Boyce comes from

From Old French bois (“wood”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Boyce
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Boyce McDaniel born
    American physicist
  3. 1938
    Peak, #529
    121 babies named Boyce — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1939
    Boyce Budd born
    American rower
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,081.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Boyce Budd · American rower, born 1939
  • Boyce McDaniel · American physicist, 1917–2002
  • Boyce F. Martin Jr. · United States court of appeals judge, 1935–2016
  • Boyce Brown · American musician, 1910–1959
  • Boyce Green · American football player, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.