Boyd may refer to:

Places

Canada

Boyd Conservation Area Boyd Conservation Area is a suburban land preserve owned and operated by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It also overlaps a life science Area of Natural and Scie ...

, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario * Boyd Lake (disambiguation)

United States

Boyd County (disambiguation) Boyd County may refer to: In Australia * Boyd County, New South Wales In the United States

* Boyd County, Kentucky * Boyd County, Nebraska {{Geodis, county United States county name disambiguation pages ...

Boyd, Indiana Boyd is an unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. I ...

Boyd, Iowa Boyd is an unincorporated community in southeastern New Hampton Township in Chickasaw County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. History A post office was established at Boyd in 1890, and remained in operation until 1908. Boyd had a depot on the Chicago ...

Boyd, Kansas Boyd is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Eureka Township, Barton County, Kansas, United States. History Boyd was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. References Further reading External links * Bar ...

Boyd, Kentucky Boyd is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Ameri ...

Boyd, Minnesota Boyd is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 175 at the 2010 census. History Boyd was platted in 1884. A post office has been in operation at Boyd since 1884. The city was incorporated in 1893. Geography ...

Boyd, Missouri Boyd was an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was located approximately two miles west-southwest of Charity, Missouri, Charity. History A post office called Boyd was es ...

Boyd, Texas Boyd is a town in Wise County, Texas, Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,416 in 2020. It is 30 miles (48 km) northwest of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. History Originally named Greasy Bend in reference to the local h ...

Boyd, Wisconsin Boyd is a village in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 552 at the 2010 census. Geography Boyd is located at (44.951890, -91.039134). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , a ...

Elsewhere

Boyd Cave Boyd Cave is a lava tube within Deschutes County, Oregon, of the United States. The cave is within Deschutes National Forest and is located on the northern flank of Newberry Volcano near the city of Bend. Geology Boyd Cave is between 75,000 ...

, Oregon *

Boyd Escarpment Boyd Escarpment () is a rock and snow escarpment which extends northeast for from Wujek Ridge, in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was named in 1979 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Walter W. Boyd, Jr., a U.S. Internatio ...

, in Antarctica *

Boyd Island Boyd Island is an island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies just SSW of Lugg Island, and about 3.5 km NNW of Australia's Davis Station on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It wa ...

, Antarctica * Boyd River (disambiguation), several rivers in Australia *

River Boyd The River Boyd is a river of some in length which rises near Dodington in South Gloucestershire, England. It is a tributary of the Bristol Avon, running in a southerly direction and joining near Bitton. The flow rate at Bitton is an average . ...

, in the UK

People

Boyd (given name) Boyd may refer to: * Boyd Adams *Boyd Alexander * Boyd Atkins *Boyd Banks * Boyd Bartlett * Boyd Henry Bode *Boyd Clack * Boyd A. Clark, American politician and jurist *Boyd Coddington *Boyd Converse * Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league football ...

, a list of people with the given name *

Boyd (surname) Boyd is an ancient Scottish surname. The name is attached to Simon, one of several brothers and children of Alan, son of Flathald. Simon's son Robert was called Boyt or Boyd from the Celtic term ''boidhe'', meaning fair or yellow. Robert the Br ...

, the surname, and a list of people with the surname *

Boyd baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Boyd, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Boyd Baronetcy, of Danson in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage ...

, two baronetcies * Boyd Family, an Australian family *

Boyd Gang The Boyd Gang was a notorious criminal gang based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named for member Edwin Alonzo Boyd. The gang was a favourite of the media at the time because of their sensational actions, which included bank robberies, jail breaks, ...

, a criminal gang *

Clan Boyd Clan Boyd is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. History Origins of the clan The name Boyd is said to be descriptive, being derived from the Scottish Gaelic ''buidh'' which means ...

, a Scottish clan

Brands and enterprises

*Boyd, an archaic Bordeaux wine producing estate since divided into: **

Château Boyd-Cantenac Château Boyd-Cantenac is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen ''Troisièmes Crus'' (Third Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification ...

Château Cantenac-Brown Château Cantenac Brown is a winery located in Cantenac in the Bordeaux region of France. As a wine of the Margaux appellation, it was classified as one of fourteen Third Growths (''Troisièmes Crus'') in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Cl ...

* Boyd, an American manufacturer of environmental seals and

energy management Energy management includes planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units as well as energy distribution and storage. Objectives are resource conservation, climate protection and cost savings, while the users have per ...

products *

Boyd Gaming Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd (born 1931), who currently serves as the co ...

Corporation, a casino operator

Education

Boyd High School (disambiguation) Boyd High School may refer to: * Boyd High School, Boyd, located in Boyd, Texas, USA * McKinney Boyd High School McKinney Boyd High School (commonly Boyd, Boyd High School, McKinney Boyd, or MBHS) is a public secondary school located on North Lak ...

Boyd Independent School District Boyd Independent School District is a public school district based in Boyd, Texas (USA). In addition to Boyd, the district also serves a portion of the Briar community. Finances As of the 2010–2011 school year, the appraised valuation of pro ...

, Boyd, Texas

Fictional characters

Boyd Boyd may refer to: Places Canada * Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario * Boyd Lake (disambiguation) United States * Boyd County (disambiguation) * Boyd, Indiana * Boyd, Iowa * Boyd, Kansas * Boyd ...

, a Fighter in the game ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' *

Drew Boyd This is a list of characters in the Showtime series '' Queer as Folk''. The characters are listed alphabetically by their last name or by the name which appears in the episode credits. Drew Boyd Drew Boyd is the quarterback of the fictional Pitt ...

, from the television series ''Queer as Folk'' *Jonah Boyd, the eponymous character in David Leavitt's novel ''

The Body of Jonah Boyd ''The Body of Jonah Boyd'' is a novel by David Leavitt, published in 2004, that depicts various consequences of the theft of a manuscript. It tells a story about the life of a common American family dealing with ethical principles, relations ...

'' * Mr. Boyd, character in

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorp ...

Woody Boyd Woodrow Tiberius Boyd is a character on the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Woody came to Cheers at the beginning of the fourth season of ''Cheers'' in 1985 in the episode "Birth, Death, Love and Rice". Woody ...

, from the television series ''Cheers'' *Boyd Cooper, in the game ''

Psychonauts ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platform video game developed by Double Fine Productions. The game was initially published by Majesco Entertainment and THQ for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. In 2011, Double Fine acquired the rights for t ...

'' *

Boyd Crowder ''Justified'' is an American Western (genre)#Contemporary Western or neo-Western, neo-Western Crime fiction, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series that premiered on March 16, 2010, on the FX (TV channel), FX network. Develope ...

, from the television series, '' Justified'' *Boyd Fowler, from the television series, ''

Dexter Dexter may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003 * Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...

'' *

Boyd Hoyland Boyd Hoyland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Kyal Marsh. He made his first on-screen appearance on 5 June 2002. In 2007, Marsh quit the serial and his character departed on 3 August 2007 along with ...

, from the television series ''Neighbours'' *

Boyd Langton These are characters from the ''Dollhouse'' science fiction television series. Actives/Dolls The Actives from the Los Angeles Dollhouse are given names derived from the NATO phonetic alphabet. Echo Echo (Eliza Dushku), formerly Caroline Farre ...

, from the television series ''Dollhouse'' *B.O.Y.D., from the television series ''

DuckTales ''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four seas ...

Other uses

OODA Loop The OODA loop is the cycle ''observe–orient–decide–act'', developed by military strategist and United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. Boyd applied the concept to the combat operations process, often at the operational level during mi ...

, a theory of decision making also known as the Boyd Cycle