Boivin
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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.[1] The surname refers to someone who drinks (too much) wine.[2]
- 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
