Boyle

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

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A surname from Irish.
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A surname from Irish. Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
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A place name: A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.
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A place name: A village in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada, named after John Robert Boyle.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.
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A place name: A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

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Boyle · A surname from Irish.

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