Boyle

See also: boyle, böyle, and bøyle

English

Etymology

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

Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Proper noun

Boyle

A surname from Irish.
Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.

Derived terms

Boyle County
Boyle's law
Boyle's machine

Translations

Transliterations of the surname

Japanese:
Russian: Бойл (ru) (Bojl)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Boyle is the 866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 39,921 individuals. Boyle is most common among White (93.52%) individuals.

References

René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, Condé-sur-Noireau, Éditions Charles Corlet, 1996, p. 68

Further reading

Boyle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Boley, obley

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