Boy

Boy is a masculine given name or nickname and a surname.

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Mid-13c., boie "servant, commoner, knave, boy," of unknown origin. Possibly from Old French embuie "one fettered," from Vulgar Latin *imboiare, from Latin boia "leg iron, yoke, leather collar," from Greek boeiai dorai "ox hides." (Words for "boy" double as "servant, attendant" across the Indo-European map -- compare Italian ragazzo, French garçon, Greek pais, Middle English knave, Old Church Slavonic otroku -- and often it is difficult to say which meaning came first.) But it also appears to be identical with East Frisian boi "young gentleman," and perhaps with Dutch boef "knave," from Middle Dutch boeve, perhaps from Middle Low German buobe. This suggests a gradational relationship to babe. For a different conjecture: In Old English, only the proper name Boia has been recorded. ME boi meant 'churl, servant' and (rarely) 'devil.' In texts, the meaning 'male child' does not antedate 1400. ModE boy looks like a semantic blend of an onomatopoeic word for an evil spirit (*boi) and a baby word for 'brother' (*bo). [Liberman] A noticable number of the modern words for 'boy', 'girl', and 'child' were originally colloquial nicknames, derogatory or whimsical, in part endearing, and finally commonplace. These, as is natural, are of the most diverse, and in part obscure, origin. [Buck] Used slightingly of young men in Middle English; meaning "male negro slave or Asian personal servant of any age" attested from c. 1600. Exclamation oh, boy attested from 1892.

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Variant form of Boye; derived from the English word boy meaning boy; or short form of the given names Boyce and Boyd.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Boy George	1961	English musician
2	Soulja Boy	1990	American rapper
3	Beast Boy		Fictional character
4	Naughty Boy	1985	Musician, record producer, songwriter, rapper
5	Boy in the Box	1950	Unidentified American murder victim
6	Boy Charlton	1907	Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
7	Del Boy	1945
8	Boy Rafli Amar	1965
9	Burna Boy	1991	Nigerian musician
10	Badly Drawn Boy	1969	British singer-songwriter
11	Boy Capel	1881	Polo player
12	Shark Boy	1975	Professional wrestler
13	Danny Boy	1968	American rapper
14	Rich Boy	1983	American rapper
15	Klarion the Witch Boy
16	Boy Olmi	1955	Argentinian actor
17	T. T. Boy	1968	American pornographic act
18	Drumma Boy	1983	Record producer, Beatmaker, Rappper
19	Lagoon Boy
20	Boy Abunda	1955	Filipino journalist
21	Ya Boy	1984	Rapper
22	Cosmic Boy
23	Bugle Boy
24	Ultra Boy
25	Boy Hamzah	1990	Indonesian actor
26	Astro Boy		Fictional character created by Osamu Tezuka
27	Charly Boy	1951	Singer
28	Peter the Wild Boy	1713	Feral child
29	Frayser Boy	1976	American rapper
30	Boy Waterman	1984	Dutch football goalkeeper
31	Tomás Boy	1952	Mexican footballer
32	Bouncing Boy
33	Chalie Boy	1979	American musician
34	Power Boy
35	Red Boy
36	Boy Blue
37	Left Boy	1988	Austrian singer
38	Boy Logro	1956	Celebrity chef
39	Pretty Boy
40	Afrikan Boy	1989	British rapper
41	Sun Boy
42	Marvel Boy
43	Wonder Boy
44	Joey Boy	1975	Rapper
45	Boy William	1991	Indonesian actor
46	Blue Boy	2000	British DJ
47	Crazy Boy	1978	Mexican professional wrestler
48	Billy Boy	1977	Mexican professional wrestler
49	Kayhausen Boy		The mummy, naturally preserved in a sphagnum bog in Lower-Saxony, Germany
50	Scott Vick	1973	American professional wrestler
51	King Biscuit Boy	1944	Canadian blues musician
52	Polar Boy
53	Philipp Boy	1987	German gymnast
54	Samo Sound Boy	1984	American record producer / DJ
55	Big Boy	1943
56	Boy Tirayoh	1954	Indonesian actor
57	Stone Boy
58	Boy Iskak	1939	Indonesian actor
59	Boy Idrus
60	Bobst Boy	1984	American student
61	Boy van Poppel	1988	Dutch racing cyclist
62	Boy Asistio	1936
63	Sunny Boy	1983	Namibian rapper
64	Rat Boy
65	Guy André Boy	1952	French aerospace engineer
66	Boy Deul	1987	Dutch footballer
67	Dog Boy		Jamaican musician
68	Dream Boy		Fictional character
69	Boy Wonder		Slovak rapper
70	Duplicate Boy
71	Boy Hayje	1949	Dutch racing driver
72	Honey Boy	1955	Jamaican musician
73	Anonymous Boy		Artist
74	Werner Boy	1879	German mathematician
75	Boy Boy Martin	1985	Kickboxer
76	Boy Bakamaro
77	Boy Syahril Qamar	1956
78	Boy Alano	1944	Filipino child actor
79	Boy Gé Mendes	1952	Cape Verdean singer
80	Boy Cabahug	1964	Filipino basketball player
81	Blutonium Boy	1970	Blutonium Boy
82	Nature Boy
83	Milan the Leather Boy	1941	American musician
84	Rocky Boy		Leader of the Montana Chippewa-Cree
85	Boy Westerhof	1985	Dutch tennis player
86	Eric Tuttle	1982	American professional wrestler
87	Gävle Boy	1663	Swedish witness at witch trial
88	Boy Eats Drum Machine		American musician
89	Jonathan Windy Boy	1958	American politician
90	Celso Blues Boy	1956	Brazillian musician
91	Boy Bolang
92	Willem Boy	1520	Swedish artist
93	Boy van Baarle	1983	Dutch ski jumper
94	Bass Boy
95	Boy Lornsen	1922	German sculptor
96	Boy Ecury	1922	Dutch resistance member
97	Boy Mondragon	1958	Filipino musician
98	Lova Boy		Musician
99	Benoit Blue Boy	1946
100	Boy de Jong	1994	Dutch association football player
101	Golden Boy
102	Boy Louw	1906	Rugby union player from South Africa
103	Ute Boy	1938	German actress
104	Midnight Boy	1988	Swedish singer
105	Boy Trip	1921	Dutch politician
106	Boy Gobert	1925	German actor
107	Firebrand Boy	1986	British musician
108	J Boy		Australian singer
109	Boy Jati Asmara	1984	Indonesian footballer
110	Boy G. Sakti	1966
111	Jordan Boy	1995
112	Alpha Boy		Musician
113	Janu the Jungle Boy
114	Boy Rist	1912	Norwegian military officer
115	Pyro Boy		American stuntman
116	Raymond Boy	1969
117	Boy Mould	1916
118	Boy Nijgh	1955	Dutch association football player
119	Boy Ooteman	1981
120	Sven Boy	1976	German footballer
121	Carlos Concha Boy	1910
122	Hans-Peter Boy	1964	German association football player
123	Enrico Carboni Boy	1851
124	Diedrich Jürgen Boy	1724	German sculptor
125	Boy Thomann	1924
126	Franky Boy	1950	Dutch singer
127	Boy Swachten	1958	Dutch politician
128	Boy Cornils	1938	German chemist
129	Peter Boy	1650	German goldsmith and painter
130	Boy Surya	1982
131	Louis François Boy	1768	French officer
132	Rafael Zornoza Boy	1949	Spanish priest
133	Gottfried Boy	1701	German painter
134	Johanna Boy	1851	German author
135	Papisto Boy	1951	Senegalese artist
136	Boy van Lamoen	1982
137	Boy Morkel	1885	South African rugby union player
138	Boy Cloos	1928
139	Moto Boy	1980
140	Boy van de Beek	1993	Dutch association football player
141	Boy Edgar	1915	Dutch conductor, pianist and trumpeter
142	Andreu Avel·lí Abreu i Boy	1868	Spanish businessperson and composer (1868-1935)
143	Boy Seijkens	1981	Dutch association football player
144	Boy Noya	1963
145	Momma's Boy