Boisvert
Boisvert ({{IPA|fr|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.{{cite web |title=The first 1,000 family names by rank, Québec (in French only) |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec |website=Institut de la statistique du Québec |access-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422023109/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec |archive-date=22 April 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Lenarčič |first2=Simon |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=30 November 2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-024511-5 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-7721 |access-date=2 May 2024 |chapter=Boisvert}}
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
- {{ill|Lili Boisvert|fr}}, 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
- {{ill|Sylvie Boisvert|fr}}, Canadian athlete
- {{ill|Yves Boisvert|fr|Yves Boisvert (poète)}} (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