Boire

surname · Latin script

Meaning: to drink

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɔaɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Boire is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 894K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 49K
  • CACanada≈1 in 102K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈540 people, est.

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to drink

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Boire counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Boire is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈540 est.≈1 in 126K78—2
US United States3721 in 894K376Boire146
CA Canada≈370 est.≈1 in 102K—Boire75
GB United Kingdom≈150 est.≈1 in 442K—Boire8
UY Uruguay691 in 49K69——
JM Jamaica≈9 est.≈1 in 298K—Boire1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Boire is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, United States, Spain

    Also written Boiré, Boirē, Bõiré, Boirè

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Canada

    Also written Boiré

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Uruguay, Honduras, Canada

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Boiré

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Boiré

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Boire is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, altération du nom breton Boher, origine incertaine

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In Romanian, painting, dyeing

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, BOÍRE, boiri, s. f. (Reg.) Acțiunea de a (se) boi1; boit, vopsire; (fam.) fardare, sulimenire.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

194019601980Jacky Boire, b. 1945Jean-Yves Boire, b. 1962Alain Boire, b. 1971Morgan Marquis-Boire, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Boire,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Boire
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020376#58,307
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010372#55,255
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000324#58,553
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196199—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192187—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190187—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197181—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194179—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199178—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191178—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193173—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Boire mean, and where does it come from?
to drink Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Boire?
A machine transcription gives /bɔaɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Boire?
In the etymology graph, Boisson is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Boire have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 540 people named Boire in France, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Boire most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Boire is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 49 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Boire?
In the United States, the national register counted 372 people named Boire in 2010, about 1 in 894 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Boire”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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