Boyer

Boyer is a surname which is derived from:-

1. The Boii, a Celtic tribe that migrated from ancient Bohemia (home of the Boii) to many regions surrounding the Alps.^[1]
2. In England, may come from bowyer, meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." ^[2]
3. In French, the surname may mean "ox guard" or "ox leader".
4. In Turkish, the name may come from "boy-er", "boy" meaning "size" or "stature" and "er" meaning "man" or "soldier."
5. It can also be a corruption or deliberate alteration of several German names.

People with the surname

• Abel Boyer (1667–1729), French-English lexicographer and journalist
• Alexis de Boyer, French surgeon
• Angélique Boyer (born 1988), French-Mexican actress
• Bill Boyer Jr., entrepreneurial former baggage handler who now owns Mokulele Airlines
• Carl Benjamin Boyer, historian of mathematics
• Charles Boyer, French-American actor
• Claudette Boyer (1938–2013), Canadian politician
• Clete Boyer (1937–2007), American baseball player
• Edie Boyer (born 1966), American discus thrower
• Erica Boyer (born 1956), American actress
• Ernest L. Boyer, American educator
• Glenn Boyer (1924–2013), American writer
• Herbert Boyer (born 1936), biochemist
• Jacques Boyer (born 1955) American cyclist
• Jacqueline Boyer (born 1941), French singer
• Jean Boyer (director), French director and author
• Jean Boyer (politician), French politician
• Jean Pierre Boyer, Haitian President (1821–1843) and emancipator of slaves in Santo Domingo
• Joseph Boyer (1848–1930), a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist,
• Katy Boyer, American actress
• Ken Boyer, (1931–1982) American baseball player
• Louis Boyer, French astronomer
• Lucienne Boyer, French singer
• Maxime Boyer (born 1984), Canadian professional wrestler
• Michael Boyer (born 1960), American actor and showman
• Miguel Boyer (born 1939), Spanish politician
• Nikki Boyer (born 1975), American actress and singer-songwriter
• Pascal Boyer, anthropologist
• Patrick Boyer (born 1945), Canadian politician
• Paul D. Boyer (born 1918), American biochemist
• Phil Boyer (born 1949) English footballer
• Richard Boyer (disambiguation)
• Rick Boyer, (born 1943) Edgar award-winning mystery writer
• Richard O. Boyer, American journalist
• Robert Stephen Boyer, a professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin
• Robert Hamilton Boyer, a 33-year-old visiting professor shot and killed in Charles Whitman's shooting spree at The University of Texas at Austin in 1966
• Robert Boyer (artist), a Canadian artist of aboriginal heritage

See also

• Boyar
• Bauer (disambiguation)

Notes

1. ↑ http://www.ancestry.com.au/facts/Boyer-places-origin.ashx -- origins of Bayer
2. ↑ http://www.ancestry.com.au/facts/Boyer-places-origin.ashx -- English variant

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