Boyd ( surname ) - wikipedia Boyd ( surname ) For other uses, see Boyd. Boyd Location of the Isle of Bute. Origin Region of origin Scotland Other names Variant ( s ) Boid ; Bhoid Families Clan Boyd Boyd is a Scottish surname. It originated from a habitational name from the island of Bute, located in the Firth of Clyde. The surname was very common in Edinburgh in the 17th century. The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Boid ( masculine ), and Bhoid ( feminine ). Contents : Top 0 -- 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Adam Boyd, English footballer Alice Boyd, Scottish artist Alan Lennox - Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, British politician Alan Stephenson Boyd, American politician Alex Boyd ( photographer ), Scottish photographer Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd ( d. 1508 ) Alfred Boyd, Canadian politician Allen Boyd, American politician Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd ( 1825 -- 1899 ), Scottish writer Anne Boyd, Australian composer Archibald Boyd, English cleric Archibald Boyd - Carpenter, British politician Archie Boyd ( footballer ), Scottish footballer Arnold Boyd, British ornithologist Arthur Boyd ( Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd ), Australian painter Arthur Merric Boyd, Australian painter Augusto Samuel Boyd, President of Panama Barton K. `` Bo '' Boyd, Disney Consumer Products executive Belle Boyd, Confederate spy Benjamin Boyd, Australian pioneer Bill Boyd ( disambiguation ) Billy Boyd ( actor ), Scottish actor Blanche McCrary Boyd, American novelist Bob Boyd ( disambiguation ) Brandon Boyd, American musician, singer with Incubus Brittany Boyd, American basketball player Brian Boyd, New Zealand English professor Carla Boyd, Australian basketball player Cayden Boyd, American actor Cecil Boyd, Irish international rugby player Christopher Boyd, webmaster Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, Scottish lawyer Curtis Boyd, American jazz drummer Danah Boyd, American blogger Daniel Patrick Boyd, American arrested in connection with alleged terrorism Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player Darren Boyd, British actor David Boyd ( disambiguation ) Douglas Boyd, British oboist and conductor Dustin Boyd, Canadian ice hockey player Dutch Boyd, American poker player Edwin Alonzo Boyd, Canadian bank robber Edith B. Boyd, one of the Del Rubio triplets Elena Boyd, one of the Del Rubio triplets Eliza Stewart Boyd, first woman on a jury Esna Boyd, Australian tennis player Eva Boyd, American singer Little Eva Federico Boyd, President of Panama George Boyd ( footballer ), Scottish footballer George Boyd ( playwright ), Canadian playwright George Milward Boyd, Canadian politician George Boyd - Rochfort, Irish Victoria Cross winner Gordon Boyd ( real name : Gordon Needham ), British - Australian entertainer Greg Boyd ( disambiguation ) Guy Boyd ( sculptor ), Australian sculptor Harriet Boyd - Hawes, American archaeologist J James Boyd ( disambiguation ) James Boyd, 2nd Lord Boyd ( d. 1484 ) James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd ( a. 1595 - 1654 ) Jason Boyd, American record producer and songwriter known professionally as Poo Bear Jenna Boyd, American actress Jenny Boyd, British model, sister of Pattie Boyd Jerry Boyd, boxing trainer writing as F.X. Toole Jim Boyd ( disambiguation ) Joe Boyd, American record producer John Boyd ( disambiguation ) John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd - Orr, Scottish nutritionist and Nobel Peace Prize winner John Boyd - Carpenter, Baron Boyd - Carpenter, British politician Johnny Boyd, American racing driver Jonathan Boyd, former wrestler, The Royal Kangaroos, The Bushwhackers Joseph Boyd ( disambiguation ) Julian Boyd, American basketball player Justin Boyd, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Jason Boyd, British actor in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix James Boyd, later James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll Jordan Boyd, King Kris Boyd, Scottish footballer L.M. Boyd, American columnist LaVell Boyd, American football player Les Boyd, Australian rugby league player Linn Boyd, American politician Liona Boyd, Canadian musician Louise Arner Boyd, American explorer Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal priest and author Mark Alexander Boyd ( 1563 -- 1601 ), Scottish poet Marion Boyd, Canadian politician Martin Boyd, Australian architect and writer Merric Boyd, Australian artist Mike Boyd ( disambiguation ) Milly Boyd, one of the Del Rubio triplets Nancy Boyd, pseudonym of American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay Neal E. Boyd, American opera singer and 2008 America 's Got Talent winner Neva Boyd, American educator Norma Elizabeth Boyd, American sorority organiser O Oil Can Boyd ( born 1959 ), American baseball player Pattie Boyd, British model and photographer Penleigh Boyd, Australian artist Peter Boyd, American bridge player Peter Boyd ( Trevor Eve ), fictional character in the TV series Waking the Dead Paul Boyd, American journalist Richard Boyd, philosopher Richard Henry Boyd ( R.H. Boyd, 1843 -- 1922 ), African American minister and religious publisher Richard Boyd Barrett Irish politician. Robbie Boyd, ( British singer / songwriter ) Robert Boyd ( disambiguation ) Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd ( d. 1482 ) Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd ( d.c. 1557 ) ( acceded Lordship 1547 ) Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd ( c. 1517 - 1559 ) ( acceded Lordship 1558 ) Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd ( 1595 -- 1628 ) Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd ( c. 1618 - 1640 ) Robin Boyd, Australian architect Russell Boyd, American cinematographer Sam Boyd, American gambling entrepreneur Sarah Boyd - Carpenter, now Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, The Baroness Hogg Shannon Boyd ( born 1992 ), Australian rugby league player Simon Lennox - Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton Stephen Boyd, Irish actor Terrence Boyd ( born 1991 ), German - born American soccer player Thomas Boyd ( disambiguation ) Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd ( c. 1547 - 1611 ) ( acceded Lordship 1560 ) Tyler Boyd ( American football ), American football player Walter Boyd ( disambiguation ) Wes Boyd, American software businessman and activist Willard L. Boyd, ( born 1927 ), president of the University of Iowa and of the Field Museum of Natural History William Boyd ( disambiguation ) Woody Boyd, fictional character from Cheers Z Zachary Boyd, Scottish theologian References Jump up ^ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 25 September 2010 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 508137 - 4. for the surname `` Erskine ''. ^ Jump up to : Black, George Fraser ( 1946 ), The Surnames of Scotland : Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York : New York Public Library, pp. 94 -- 95 Jump up ^ Robertson, Boyd ; Taylor, Iain ( 2003 ), Teach Yourself Gaelic, Teach Yourself, pp. 341 -- 342 Surname list This page lists people with the surname Boyd. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. 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Question: where does the last name boyd come from
Answer: the island of Bute, located in the Firth of Clyde