The Boivin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,265 people carried this name — #13,445 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,119 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boivin surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From bois (“you drink”) + vin (“wine”), a nickname for a habitual drinker.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boivin» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,971 people named Boivin.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 88 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
65 people named Boivin live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Boivin in American newspapers,
1880–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,592 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boivin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Boivin 1773–1841 · midwife -
Arsène Boivin 1840–1892 · electrician -
Paul Boivin-Champeaux 1854–1925 · politician -
Pierre-Ernest Boivin 1872–1938 · businessperson -
Pierre-Horace Boivin 1905–1994 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 126 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boivin.
- Boisson 155 · U.S. census
- Boissy 191 · U.S. census
- Boisvert 4,821 · U.S. census
- Boit 147 · U.S. census
- Boiteau 175 · U.S. census
- Boitel 194 · U.S. census
- Bojko 310 · U.S. census
- Bol 968 · U.S. census
- Boland 11,631 · U.S. census
- Bolay 163 · U.S. census
- Bole 1,036 · U.S. census
- Bolea 115 · U.S. census
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