Boyd

Where Boyd comes from

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
— Wiktionary's entry for Boyd
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1873
    Boyd Alexander born
    British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1899
    Peak, #228
    53 babies named Boyd — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    Boyd Holbrook born
    American actor and former model
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Boyd Holbrook · American actor and former model, born 1981
  • Boyd Alexander · British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist, 1873–1910
  • Boyd Gaines · American actor, born 1953
  • Boyd K. Packer · Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1924–2015
  • Boyd Rice · American experimental musician, born 1956

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.