English

Homophones

• buoyed

Etymology

From Celtic, meaning blond, yellow

Proper noun

Boyd

1. A male given name

References

http://www.babynameworld.com/b.asp

Boyd may refer to any of the following:

People

See Boyd (surname)

The Name Boyd can be found from the Gaelic word "boid" meaning "of blond or fair hair" the origins of the name trace back to the Ayr province of southern Scotland, southwest of Glasgow

Fictional characters

• Jonathan Boyd, a character in Joyce Carol Oates's play Black
• Jonah Boyd, the eponymous character in David Leavitt's novel The Body of Jonah Boyd
• Boyd, the friend of Ike and member of the Greil Mercenaries in 2005's Nintendo GameCube title Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
• Boyd Copper, a paranoid character in the game Psychonauts.
• Boyd Hoyland, fictional character from the television series Neighbours
• Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd, head of the Cold Case Unit in the BBC drama series Waking the Dead.

Places

in the United States

• Boyd in DKB
• Boyd County in Kentucky
• Boyd County in Nebraska
• Boyd in Minnesota
• Boyd Township in North Dakota
• Boyd in Texas
• Boyd in Wisconsin
• Boyd Creek, a creek in the northwestern part of Nevada in Humboldt County southwest of Denio; a tributary of Willow Creek and Quinn River

in Canada

• Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area that is located NE of Woodbridge and NW of Toronto

Ships

• The Boyd massacre, one of the worst recorded instances of mass cannibalism, in which up to 66 people were killed and eaten on the northern coast of New Zealand.

Other uses

• Boyd Coffee Company, based in Portland, OR.
• Boyd Cycle, a theory of decision making.
• Boyd Gaming Corporation a casino operator
• Boyd Lighting, in San Francisco, California, one of the oldest primary designers and manufacturers of specialty lamps and light fixtures

See also

• Boyds