ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “J ” - it is a latecomer to the alphabet and originally had no sound value. The letter itself began as a scribal modification of Roman -i- in continental Medieval Latin.
CLAN BOYD IS A SCOTTISH CLAN OF THE SCOTTISH LOWLANDS IN SCOTLAND: ORGINS OF THE SIR NAME BOYD IS NORMAN OR SAXON….THE FIRST USE OF THE SIR NAME BOYD WAS IN 1205 WHEN ROBERT DeBOYD WITNESSED A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE Lord OF EINTON & BURGH OF IRVINE.