Boyce

Where Boyce comes from

From Old French bois (“wood”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Boyce
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Boyce through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys with 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, the most in any year.
  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.