Around the globe, Boyd (Boyd 
, ボイド 
, Бойд 
, among others...) is a common masculine first name. The given name Boyd is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Canada, and Australia. More frequently, Boyd is the last name as well as the forename.
Boyd is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Boyd Hoyland , the from the television series Neighbours and Boyd Rolleston , the Fictional doctor from New Zealand drama Shortland Street.
| sir john boyd, 1st baronet British businessman (b. 1718) |
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linn boyd American politician (1800-1859), US (b. 1800) |
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archibald boyd Dean of Exeter, GB (b. 1803) |
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anderson boyd Mississippi state legislator, US (b. 1835) |
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| archibald boyd (1801-1864) grazier and novelist (b. 1801) |
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| maitland wilson boyd (1814-1877) (b. 1814) |
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| sir john augustus boyd, 4th bt. (1819-1857) (b. 1819) |
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| sir frederick boyd, 6th bt. (1820-1889) (b. 1820) |
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archibald boyd-carpenter British politician (1873-1937), GB (b. 1873) |
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| hamilton boyd American politician, US (b. 1831) |
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| palmer boyd Oriental scholar and translator (b. 1840) |
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| sir harley hugh boyd, 5th bt. (1853-1876) (b. 1853) |
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| denham smith boyd (1861-1932) (b. 1861) |
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| sir walter herbert boyd, 2nd bt. (1867-1948) (b. 1867) |
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| sir donald james boyd British colonial administrator (b. 1877) |
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