# Boyle

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #14,479

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A surname from Irish.
3. A place name:
4. A place name:
5. A place name:
6. A place name:

## Etymology
* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”).
* As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

## Easily confused with
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyle-vs-bye)
- **boys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyle-vs-boys)
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyle-vs-byte)
- **boyz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyle-vs-boyz)
- **bugle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyle-vs-bugle)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boy-vs-boyle)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bol-vs-boyle)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-boyle)
- **BLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ble-vs-boyle)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowl-vs-boyle)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-boyle)
- **bold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bold-vs-boyle)
- **bolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolt-vs-boyle)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bore-vs-boyle)
- **boil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boil-vs-boyle)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boyd-vs-boyle)
- **bale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bale-vs-boyle)
- **bile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bile-vs-boyle)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bose-vs-boyle)
- **bode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bode-vs-boyle)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bboyle`, `bolye`, `boyel`, `boylle`, `boyyle`, `byole`, `obyle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boyle