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. The surname refers to someone who drinks (too much) wine.
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
- Olivier Boivin (b. 1985), French sprint canoer
Persons in Canada
- Arthur Boivin (died 1952), politician in Manitoba, Canada
- Claude Boivin (born 1970), retired Canadian professional 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
- Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin (1916–1985), Canadian botanist usually referred to as Bernard Boivin
- Leo Boivin (1931–2021), retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Nicole Boivin (born 1970), Canadian archaeological scientist
- Pierre Boivin (born 1953), French Canadian businessman
- Pierre-Horace Boivin, former mayor of Granby, Quebec
- 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
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References
- Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 49a.
- DAUZAT 49