Etymology

Boyd

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Today it means: A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.