# Boyle (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,921 |
| US rank (2010) | 866 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,734 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (39,141 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boyle 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Boyle

- Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor (1627-1691)
- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress (born 1970)
- Peter Boyle, American actor (1935–2006)
- T. C. Boyle, American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
- Martin Boyle, Australian association footballer (born 1993)
- Lisa Boyle, American model, actress and photographer
- Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
- Brian Boyle, American ice hockey player
- Brendan F. Boyle, American politician (born 1977)
- Robert F. Boyle, art directors (1909-2010)
- Frankie Boyle, British comedian
- Kay Boyle, American writer, educator, political activist (1902–1992)

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Boley, Bohl, Boll, Bowley, Bouley, Bayley, Bole, Boal, Bailey, Bell, Ball, Beil.

## 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.