Boyne
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Boyne
- A river in Ireland.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps a modern form of Irish Mac Baoithin (“son of Baoithin”), a nickname from baoth (“foolish”).
Proper noun
[edit]Boyne (plural Boynes)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boyne is the 27845st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 862 individuals. Boyne is most common among White (90.84%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boyne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210.