The Scottish and Irish surname Boyd originated from a habitational name from the island of Bute, located in the Firth of Clyde. The Gaelic version of the name is Bód. The surname was very common in Edinburgh in the 17th century. A notable bearer of the name Boyd was Augusto Samuel Boyd, President of Panama in the early 20th Century and a descendent of Scots settlers in the 18th Century.   

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