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A Scottish and Irish surname, also used as a male given name, from a Gaelic word meaning "fair" or "blond."
"Her maiden name was Boyd."
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Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic buidhe ("blond, fair"), or from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.