Boyne
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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210.