Boyd

//bɔɪd// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in New Hampton Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Eureka Township, Barton County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Wise County, Texas.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Delmar, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  6. 11
    A short river in Gloucestershire, England, which joins the Bristol Avon near Bitton; in full, the River Boyd.
  7. 12
    A river in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia; in full, the Boyd River.
  8. 13
    A river in south-western Tasmania, Australia; in full, the Boyd River.

Etymology

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

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