Boyko (name)

Boyko or Boiko (Cyrillic: Бойко, Polish: Bojko) is one of the most common surnames in Ukraine, which is also widespread in countries such as Russia, Canada, United States and other lands with a history of immigration from 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". In Western Ukraine, it might originate from the name of a highlanders tribe.

It may also be a masculine given name in Bulgaria.

Surname

 * 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
 * Volodymyr Boyko (1938–2015), Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician
 * Yuriy Boyko (born 1958), Ukrainian politician

Given name

 * Boyko Aleksiev (born 1963), Bulgarian figure skater
 * Boyko Borisov (born 1959), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
 * Boyko Kamenov (born 1975), Bulgarian football manager and player
 * Boyko Rashkov (born 1954), Bulgarian lawyer, state official and politician
 * Boyko Vasilev (born 1970), Bulgarian journalist
 * Boyko Velichkov (born 1974), Bulgarian footballer
 * Boiko Zvetanov (born 1955), Bulgarian opera singer