Given name & surname
Boyde
“a blonde-haired man”
Boyde is a variant of Boyd. One Celtic interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Boyde is a variant of Boyd. One Celtic interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Boyde is a variant of Boyd. An origin associated with Boyd is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Boyde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 393 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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