Boivin

Boivin is a surname from France. Boivin is a combination of the French words bois (verb boire "to drink") and vin, which mean "drink" and "wine" respectively.[1] The surname refers to someone who drinks (too much) wine.[2]

This article is about the surname. For the river in Quebec, see Boivin River.

Persons in France
  • François de Boivin (died 1618), French chronicler
  • Jean-Marc Boivin (1951–1990), French mountaineer and BASE jumper born in Dijon
  • Jean Boivin the Younger or Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1663–Paris), French writer, scholar and translator
  • Jeanne Poiret Boivin (1871-1959), French jewelry designer
  • Jérôme Boivin, film director (such as the 1989 horror film Baxter)
  • Louis Boivin, brother of Jean Boivin, born in 1649, died in 1724, member of the Academy of inscriptions
  • Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852), French botanist with the standard author abbreviation "Boivin"
  • Marie Boivin (1773–1841), French midwife, inventor, and obstetrics writer
  • Michel Boivin, French historian and anthropologist who specializes in the Muslim world

Persons in Canada

Persons in United States
  • Harry D. Boivin (1904–1999), American lawyer and politician
  • Joseph Boivin, co-founder, first President of St.Mary's Bank, America's first credit union

References
  1. Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 49a.
  2. DAUZAT 49
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