Boivin

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

Boivin (French: from bois vin "(you) drink wine" (from the Old French verb boire "to drink" + vin "wine") used as a nickname for a (heavy) drinker) 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]

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–?), French writer, scholar and translator
• Jeanne Poiret Boivin (1871–1959), French jewelry designer
• Louis Boivin (1649–1724), member of the Academy of inscriptions, brother of Jean
• Marie Boivin (1773–1841), French midwife, inventor, and obstetrics writer
• Michel Boivin, French historian and anthropologist
• Olivier Boivin (born 1985), French sprint canoer

Persons in Canada

• Arthur Boivin (died 1952), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• Claude Boivin (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• François Boivin (born 1982), Canadian snowboarder
• Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician
• Georges Henri Boivin (1882–1926), Canadian politician
• Guillaume Boivin (born 1989), Canadian cyclist
• Leo Boivin (1931–2021), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nicole Boivin (born 1970), Canadian archaeological scientist
• Pierre Boivin (born 1953), French Canadian businessman
• Roch Boivin (1912–1979), Canadian politician

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