A boy is a young male human.

Boy or The Boy may also refer to:

People

  • Boy (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname or stage name

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Boy (comics), in the comic book The Invisibles
  • "Boy", the adopted son of Tarzan in some film adaptations of Tarzan
  • Boy, a lion featured in the 1966 film Born Free
  • Boy, the main antagonist of the 1989 film Little Monsters
  • The Boy, Eustace Boyce, a character in the webcomic Scary Go Round

Films

  • Boy (1969 film) (Shōnen), a Japanese film
  • Boys (2003 film), a Tamil film directed by S. Shankar
  • Boy (2009 film), a Filipino film directed by Auraeus Solito
  • Boy (2010 film), a New Zealand film directed by Taika Waititi
  • The Boy (2015 film), an American psychological horror film directed by Craig Macneill
  • The Boy (2016 film), an American horror film directed by William Brent Bell
  • , Israel short
  • Boy (2025 film), a South Korean romantic crime drama film directed by Lee Sang-deok

Books

  • Boy (autobiography), a 1984 autobiography by Roald Dahl
  • Boy (novel), a 1931 novel by James Hanley
  • Boy, a 1900 novel by Marie Corelli
  • Boy, a Spanish language novel by Luis Coloma
  • The Beautiful Boy, published in the UK as The Boy, a 2003 book by Germaine Greer
  • The Boy (Malte novel), a 2016 French novel by Marcus Malte, translated in 2019 by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge

Music

Artists

  • Boy (American band), an American rock group that included Freddy Moore of The Nu Kats
  • Boy (Canadian band), a Canadian indie pop group
  • Boy (duo), a Swiss-German pop duo founded 2007
  • B.O.Y, a South Korean pop duo founded 2019
  • The Boy, a nickname for Drake (musician), a Canadian rapper

Albums

  • Boy (2hollis album), 2024
  • Boy (Lena Philipsson album), 1987
  • Boy (U2 album), 1980
  • Boy (EP), by Luke Hemmings, 2024
  • Boy, an EP by Kevin McHale, 2019
  • The Boy, an EP by Mark Knopfler, 2024

Songs

  • "Boy" (Book of Love song), 1985
  • "Boy" (Marcella Detroit song), 1996
  • "Boy (I Need You)", by Mariah Carey, 2002
  • "Boy" (Erasure song), 2006
  • "Boy" (Shion Miyawaki song), 2007
  • "Boy" (Emma Louise song), 2012
  • "Boy" (Lee Brice song), 2017
  • "Boy" (Treasure song), 2020
  • "Boy" (The Killers song), 2022
  • "Boy", by Chaz Jankel from Chasanova, 1981
  • "Boy", by EXID from Eclipse, 2017
  • "Boy", by Hellyeah from Welcome Home, 2019
  • "Boy", by Kylie Minogue, a B-side of "Can't Get You Out of My Head", 2001
  • "Boy", by Little Mix from Salute, 2013
  • "Boy", by Maisie Peters from You Signed Up for This, 2021
  • "Boy", by Odesza from A Moment Apart, 2017
  • "Boy", by Ra Ra Riot from The Orchard, 2010
  • "Boy", a 1980s song performed by Timmy Cruz
  • "Boy (Go)", by the Golden Palominos from Visions of Excess, 1985
  • "Boy (I Love You)", a 1970s song performed by Cherie Gil
  • "Boy (I'm So in Love with You)", by Robin Zander from Robin Zander, 1993
  • "BOY", by Charlie Puth from Voicenotes, 2018
  • "B.O.Y.", by Jessica Simpson from A Public Affair, 2006
  • "The Boy", by Alabama from Roll On, 1984
  • "The Boy", by Casey Veggies, 2014
  • "The Boy", by Samantha Mumba from Gotta Tell You, 2000
  • "The Best One Yet (The Boy)", by Black Eyed Peas from The Beginning, 2010

Other arts and entertainment

  • Boy (play), a 2016 play by Leo Butler
  • The Boy (Modigliani), a 1919 painting by Amedeo Modigliani
  • The Boy (musical), a 1917 London hit musical comedy
  • The Boy (TV series), a Canadian animated television series

Other uses

  • Bobo Dioulasso Airport, Burkina Faso, by IATA code
  • Boy seaman, a rating in the British Royal Navy and enlisted rank in the United States Navy
  • Boy (dog), a 17th-century hunting poodle owned by Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  • Boy, a part of the borough of Bottrop-Süd in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Son

See also

  • Little Boy, the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of Hiroshima
  • Boi (disambiguation)
  • Bouy (disambiguation)
  • "Boy, Boy, Boy", a 2007 song by Underworld off the album Oblivion with Bells
  • Boyboy (disambiguation)
  • Boye (disambiguation)
  • Boys (disambiguation)
  • Buoy (disambiguation)
  • Oh Boy (disambiguation)
  • The Bhoys (disambiguation)
  • "This Boy", a 1963 song by the Beatles