Boyle
English
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Etymology
[edit]- As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”).
- As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔɪl
Proper noun
[edit]Boyle
- A surname from Irish.
- Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
- A place name:
- A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.
- A village in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada, named after John Robert Boyle.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
Derived terms
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[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boyle is the 866th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 39,921 individuals. Boyle is most common among White (93.52%) individuals.
References
[edit]- René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Condé-sur-Noireau, Éditions Charles Corlet, 1996, p. 68
Further reading
[edit]- “Boyle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Norman
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- Rhymes:English/ɔɪl
- Rhymes:English/ɔɪl/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Towns in County Roscommon, Ireland
- en:Towns in Ireland
- en:Places in County Roscommon, Ireland
- en:Places in Ireland
- en:Villages in Alberta
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Mississippi, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Individuals