Boisvert Explained

Boisvert (in French pronounced as /bwavɛʁ/) is a French surname. It consists of the words bois (meaning "wood") and vert (meaning "green"). As of 2006, Boisvert was the 65th most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 0,186% of the province's population. As of 2010, there were 4821 people with this surname in the United States.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (born 1987), Canadian speed skater
• Aurélien Boisvert (1927–2021), Canadian historian and lawyer
• Evelyne Boisvert (born 1970), Canadian diver
• Fabien Boisvert (1839–1897), Canadian politician, land surveyor and farmer
• France Boisvert (born 1959), Canadian educator and writer
• Gilles Boisvert (artist) (born 1940), Canadian artist and sculptor
• Gilles Boisvert (ice hockey) (1933–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
• Hugo Boisvert (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey coach and player
• Jean-Marie Boisvert (born 1939), Canadian politician
• Laurier J. Boisvert, former President of the Canadian Space Agency
• , Canadian journalist, columnist and author
• Maurice Boisvert (1897–1988), Canadian politician and lawyer
• Michael Boisvert (born 1973), Canadian actor and choreographer
• Michel Patrick Boisvert, Haitian civil servant and politician
• Romeo T. Boisvert (1916–1981), American politician
• Sacha Boisvert (born 2006), Canadian ice hockey player
• Serge Boisvert (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey player
• , Canadian athlete
• (1950–2012), Canadian poet

See also

• Boisvert River, Quebec
• Montréal/Boisvert & Fils Water Airport, Canadian water aerodrome in Montreal, Quebec
• Pointe-à-Boisvert, a community in Longue-Rive, Quebec

Notes and References

1. Web site: The first 1,000 family names by rank, Québec (in French only) . Institut de la statistique du Québec . 2 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422023109/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec . 22 April 2024.
2. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Lenarčič . Simon . McClure . Peter . Dictionary of American Family Names . 30 November 2022 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-024511-5 . 2 May 2024 . Boisvert.