All over the world, Boye (Boye 
, بوي 
, Бойе 
, and others...) is quite a rare unisex forename. The first name Boye is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Gambia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Mauritania. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Senegal, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Boye is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Boye | Nigeria, Denmark, France, Ghana, Senegal |
| بوي | Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Sudan |
| Бойе | Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan |
| Бое | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| Bøye | Norway, Denmark |
| rice boye Boye, Rice (fl. c.1629–1636), Church of England clergyman and separatist minister (b. 1629) |
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anker boye Danish mayor (b. 1950) |
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| thore boye Norwegian diplomat (1912-1999) (b. 1912) |
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| mame madior boye Senegalese politician, SN (b. 1940) |
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| cheikh tidiane boye Senegalese middle-distance runner, SN (b. 1961) |
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| gong boye Ming dynasty person CBDB = 278439 |
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| sanford l boye researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8803-9369) |
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| diallo boye particle physicist |
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| knight niiles antinpoika boye, lord of jännäinen - Oct 1568 |
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| abd el kader boye |
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| kasper boye |
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