# Boyd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boyd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 153,469 |
| US rank (2010) | 176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,012 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (149,476 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boyd in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boyd in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Boyd

- Brandon Boyd, American singer
- George Boyd, association football player
- Cayden Boyd, American actor
- John Boyd, American actor (born 1981)
- Louise Boyd, American explorer, botanist and photographer (1887-1972)
- Joe Boyd, American record producer and writer (born 1942)
- Terrence Boyd, American soccer player
- Esna Boyd, Australian tennis player (1899–1966)
- William Boyd, American actor (1895–1972)
- Jenna Boyd, American actress
- Belle Boyd, American Confederate spy (1844–1900)
- Johnny Boyd, American racing driver

and 38 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bode, Bodie, Boddy, Body, Boda, Bodi, Bodo, Boyett, Bedoya, Booth, Beatty, Beaty.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.