Wikipedia / Boivin
Wikipedia / Boivin
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–?), 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