Across the world, בויה (Boye 
, Boie 
, בויה 
) is quite a rare epicene forename. The given name בויה is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Gambia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Mauritania. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Senegal, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, בויה is the last name as well as the forename.