Wood or forest
Derived from the Old French word 'bois', meaning wood or grove. It was originally a topographic surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forest.
Less common today
Boyce isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,380 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Journalist and filmmaker
A character in Thomas Wolfe's novels · You Can't Go Home Again
