The Boice Last Name

Arms linked to Boyce and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Boice

Genealogists group Boice with Boyce. Its meaning, shared with Boyce, is “Dweller by a wood”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Boice has “i” where Boyce has “y”. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Boece and Boyes. The 2010 US Census counted 3,021 people named Boice, ranking it number 10,601 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

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