About the Boivin surname
The surname Boivin is associated with an older descriptive nickname. Boivin is traditionally interpreted as a nickname formed from an expression meaning “drinks wine.”. Names of this type generally began as nicknames used to distinguish a person by a physical, personal, or social characteristic. The same nickname could be given independently to different people, producing unrelated family lines.
Pronunciation:
Boua-vin/bwavɛ̃/