Boivin

This article is about the surname. For the river in Quebec, see Boivin River.

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