Boyd
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning yellow, fair-haired.
Babies a year
122
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Boyd by the numbers
Boyd was given to 122 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 508 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Boyd. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Boyd
Names that are said the same way as Boyd, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bodeherald, messenger; from boda170 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Boyd, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Boyd
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