Boyko (surname)

Boyko or Boiko (Cyrillic: Бойко, Polish: Bojko) is a common surname among people with origins in Russia and Western Ukraine, including in Canada and the United States. It is one of the most common surnames in Ukraine.

It is also found in South Slavic countries, as a form of the name Бојан/Bojan (Boyan). The surname Boiko is also common amongst Ashkenazi Jews (amongst whom it is spelled as 'Boiko' or 'Boico'), and possibly it is a form of 'Boge', or 'boikil' meaning "quick".[1] In Western Ukraine, it might originate from the name of a highlanders tribe.[2]

## People[edit]

### Surname[edit]

* Aleksandra Boiko (1918–1996), Soviet tank commander
* Andriy Boyko (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
* Bohdan Boyko (born 1954), Ukrainian politician
* Brett Boyko (born 1992), Canadian football player
* Christopher A. Boyko (born 1954), American lawyer
* Darren Boyko (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
* Denys Boyko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer
* Dmytro Boyko (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
* Dmytro Boiko (born 1986), Ukrainian fencer
* Edgar Paul Boyko (1918–2002), American lawyer
* Eugene Boyko (1923–2003), Canadian film maker
* Georgi Boyko (1933–2002), Soviet and Ukrainian geologist
* Ivan Boyko (1910–1975), Soviet hero
* Natalya Boyko (born 1946), Soviet canoeist
* Oleg Boyko (born 1964), Russian oligarch
* Sergei Boyko (born 1971), Russian footballer
* Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian fencer
* Vadzim Boyka, also Vadim Boyko (born 1978), Belarusian footballer
* Vitaliy Boyko (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
* Yuriy Boyko (born 1958), Ukrainian politician

### Given name[edit]

In Bulgaria, Boiko/Boyko is a given name.

* Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
* Boyko Velichkov, Bulgarian footballer
* Boiko Zvetanov, Bulgarian opera singer
* Boyko Mladenov, Bulgarian basketball player

## See also[edit]

* All pages with titles containing Boyko
* All pages with titles containing Boiko
* All pages with titles containing Bojko
* Ukrainian surnames
* Boyko, a group of Ukrainian Carpathian people

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary, By Heinrich Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, Eva H. Guggenheimer, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1992, 116
2. ^ Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. p. 71. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Boyko.
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