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Boyer () is a French surname., Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 62a Bouvier. In rarer cases, it can be a corruption or deliberate alteration of other names.

Origins and statistics
Boyer is found traditionally along the Mediterranean (, ), the Rhône valley, , , Périgord and more generally in the Southwest of France. It is also found in the north of the country. There are two variant spellings: Boyé (southwest) and Bouyer (, Charente-Maritime).Repartition of the surname Boyer in France according to the number of births (Nb) and the Départements (n°) [1]

, Boyer ranks 55th in the most common surnames in France. For the period 1891–1990 it ranked 34th.

Like many other surnames, it used to be a nickname describing somebody's job: "bullock driver", "cowherd", that is to say Bouvier in common French.Dauzat 62aMarie-Thérèse Morlet, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille, Perrin 1997, article Bouvier, p.134; It derives mainly from the buòu "ox", with the suffix -iar / -ier, frenchified phonetically or, further north, sometimes from a variant form in dialectal French bô, bou "ox" corresponding to common French bœuf with the suffix -ier. In French, the modern spelling -oyer avoids confusion between -oi-er and -oier .

In rarer cases, it can be a corruption or deliberate alteration of several other names :

  1. In England, it may come from , meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller."http://www.ancestry.com.au/facts/Boyer-places-origin.ashx -- English variant
  2. In Turkish, the name may come from "boy-er", "boy" meaning "size" or "stature" and "er" meaning "man" or "soldier."
  3. It can also be a corruption or deliberate alteration of German names like Bayer or Bauer.

People with the surname
  • (1667–1729), French-English lexicographer and journalist
  • Alexis de Boyer (1757–1833), French surgeon
  • Andre Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • Angélique Boyer (born 1988), French-Mexican actress
  • (1915–1985), American Big Band singer and songwriter
  • (1914–2008), American dancer and actress
  • (born 1973), American poet and essayist
  • (1850-1918), French manual worker, Provençal dialect writer and journalist
  • (1896-1956), French professional golfer prominent on the European circuit
  • Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823-1887), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • (born nd.), director of the Centre of Alaska Native Health Research
  • (c. 1906-1973), entrepreneur and former vice president of the Minnesota Vikings
  • Bill Boyer Jr. (born nd.), American entrepreneur, owner of Mokulele Airlines
  • (born 1981), American baseball player
  • (born 1981), Australian politician
  • (1958–1996), American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer
  • Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906–1976), American historian of mathematics
  • (1899–1978), French-American actor
  • Charles-Georges Boyer (1743–1806 or 1807), French music publisher
  • Charles P. Boyer (born 1942), American mathematician
  • (1771-1800), first wife of
  • (1618-1698), French clergyman, playwright, apologist and poet
  • (1938–2013), Canadian politician
  • (1937–2007), American baseball player
  • (born nd.), American politician
  • Denise Boyer-Merdich (born 1962), American soccer player and a part of United States women's national team
  • (born 1969), Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter
  • (born 1947), Iowa business entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • (born 1966), American discus thrower
  • Elizabeth H. Boyer (born 1952), American fantasy author
  • Elizabeth M. Boyer (1913–2002), American lawyer, feminist founder of Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), and writer
  • Éric Boyer (born 1963), French professional road bicycle racer
  • Ernest L. Boyer (1928-1995), American educator
  • François Boyer (1920-2003), French screenwriter
  • G. Bruce Boyer (born 1941), Journalist
  • (born 1954), Professor of Labor Economics in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University
  • (born 1971), French politician of the Horizons party and elected Member of the European Parliament
  • (1924–2013), American writer
  • Greg Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • (born 1936), American biochemist and businessman
  • (1907–1998), American architect
  • Isabella Eugénie Boyer (1841-1904), French-American model and heiress
  • (born 1955), American cyclist and child molester
  • (born 1941), French singer
  • Jean Boyer (director) (1901–1965), French director and author
  • Jean Boyer (politician) (1937–2025), French politician
  • Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776–1850), Haitian President and emancipator of slaves in Santo Domingo
  • Jean-Pierre Boyer (cardinal) (1829–1896), French prelate of the Catholic Church, also the Bishop of Clermont and Archbishop of Bourges
  • (born 1980), American stadium organist
  • Jim Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • John W. Boyer (1890-1924), race car driver and co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500.
  • John W. Boyer (born 1946), American historian and academic administrator
  • (1848–1930), a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist
  • (born 1977), American football coach
  • (born 1988), French professional footballer who plays as a
  • (born nd.), Canadian Métis artist
  • Katy Boyer (born nd.), American actress
  • (1931–1982), American baseball player
  • (born 1947), Native American writer and activist
  • Lewis L. Boyer (1886-1944), American politician and U.S. Representative of
  • (born nd.), College Basketball Coach
  • Louis Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • (1876-1942), French singer
  • (1901–1983), French singer
  • (born 1960), retired American football
  • Mark A. Boyer (born 1961), Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut and a specialist in international relations theory
  • (1885–1947), French architect and professor
  • (born 2000), French female
  • (born 1984), Canadian professional wrestler
  • (1920–2009), American jewelry designer
  • Michael Boyer (born 1960), American actor and showman
  • Michael P. Boyer (1831–1867), American politician from Pennsylvania
  • , American politician
  • (1939–2014), Spanish politician
  • (1837–1876), Old West guide and interpreter of Sioux and French Canadian descent
  • (born 1948), French film and television actress
  • (born 1981), United States Army Green Beret and actor
  • (born 1975), American actress and singer-songwriter
  • (1874–1912), German painter and writer
  • (born nd.), French-American anthropologist
  • (born 1945), Canadian politician
  • Paul Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • (born 1970), American composer
  • (born 1949), English footballer
  • Pierre François Xavier Boyer (1772–1851), French general of the Napoleonic Wars and Algerian invasion
  • Régis Boyer (1932–2017), French scholar
  • Richard Boyer (disambiguation), several people
  • (1943–2021), American author and university professor
  • Robert Stephen Boyer (born nd.), American professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin
  • Robert Hamilton Boyer (1932-1966), a visiting professor shot and killed in Charles Whitman's shooting spree at The University of Texas at Austin in 1966, known for the Boyer–Lindquist coordinates
  • Robert Boyer (artist) (1948–2004), Canadian artist of aboriginal heritage
  • (1947–2018), American musician
  • (born nd.), American gambler
  • Stéphen Boyer (born 1996), French volleyball player
  • Stephen A. Boyer (1828–1904), American politician from Maryland
  • Stéphane Boyer (born 1988), Canadian politician and mayor of Laval, Quebec
  • Valérie Boyer (born 1962), French politician and Senator for Bouches-du-Rhône
  • (born nd.), singer of the group Tahiti 80
  • (born 1965), French who competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1992 Winter Olympics
  • (born 1953), first indigenous person from Ontario appointed to the Senate of Canada
  • (born 1971), National Hockey League right winger
  • (born 2010), volleyball player

See also
  • Boyar (surname)
  • Bauer (disambiguation)

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