The boy emoji is ๐ฆ Boy, U+1F466, in Unicode since version 6.0, with five skin tones. ๐ง Girl, U+1F467, is its pair.
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What Unicode files under boy
CLDR, Unicodeโs list of search words, gives Boy eight: boy, bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son, young and younger. Son and grandson lead to no other emoji. Boy itself leads to sixteen: this one and the fifteen family emoji with a boy in them.
More than one boy
For emoticon boys, in the plural, CLDR has one answer: it files boys under ๐ฌ Men holding hands alone. Otherwise send the boy twice, ๐ฆ๐ฆ. Outside the families, one more emoji has boy in its name: ๐ค Cowboy hat face.
Boy once meant a servant: Wiktionary traces it to Middle English boye, and dates the sense male child from the 15th century.
Questions and answers
Is there a boy emoticon?
As an emoji, yes: ๐ฆ Boy. Typed in plain characters there is no standard one, and Wikipediaโs list of emoticons has no boy. (^_^)โ is a typed face with the male sign after it.
Is there a boy and girl emoticon?
No single emoji is named for a boy and a girl. Send ๐ฆ๐ง, Boy then Girl. ๐ธ Children crossing is the road sign CLDR files under children.
What is the difference between the boy emoji and the child emoji?
Age in the list, and a note. Boy and Girl date from Emoji 0.6. Child came with Emoji 5.0, and Unicodeโs names list marks it no specified gender and points to both of them.
Does the boy emoji come in skin tones?
Yes, five, dated Emoji 1.0 in the emoji list. Each is the boy followed by one more character, a skin tone modifier from U+1F3FB to U+1F3FF. The yellow boy has none.
All 59 items
Boy emoji 7
๐ถBabyU+1F476. Filed under baby, infant and newborn. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆBoyU+1F466. The only emoji filed under son and grandson. Filed under boy and kid. Emoji 0.6.
๐งChildU+1F9D2. Unicode notes it has no specified gender. The only emoji filed under grandchild. Emoji 5.0.
๐ค Cowboy hat faceU+1F920. The one other emoji with boy in its name, the families aside. Filed under cowboy and cowgirl. Emoji 3.0.
๐งGirlU+1F467. The only emoji filed under daughter and granddaughter. Filed under girl and kid. Emoji 0.6.
๐จManU+1F468. A boy, grown up. Filed under adult and man. Emoji 0.6.
๐ดOld manU+1F474. Filed under grandpa and grandfather. Emoji 0.6.
Families and signs 6
๐ธChildren crossingU+1F6B8. Filed under child and children. Emoji 1.0.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆFamily: man, woman, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466. One of the fifteen family emoji filed under boy. Emoji 2.0.
๐จ๐ฆFather and sonMan, then boy.
โ๏ธMale signU+2642 U+FE0F. Filed under male and man. Emoji 4.0.
๐นMenโs roomU+1F6B9. A sign, not a person. Filed under man and restroom. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฉ๐ฆMother and sonWoman, then boy.
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School and play 10
๐BackpackU+1F392. Filed under school and bookbag. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฒBicycleU+1F6B2. Filed under bike and ride. Emoji 0.6.
๐งขBilled capU+1F9E2. Filed under cap and baseball. Emoji 5.0.
๐ชKiteU+1FA81. Filed under kite and fly. Emoji 12.0.
๐Playground slideU+1F6DD. The only emoji filed under playground. Emoji 14.0.
๐ซSchoolU+1F3EB. Filed under school and building. Emoji 0.6.
๐นSkateboardU+1F6F9. Filed under skateboard and skater. Emoji 11.0.
โฝSoccer ballU+26BD. Filed under soccer and football. Emoji 0.6.
๐งธTeddy bearU+1F9F8. Filed under toy and teddy. Emoji 11.0.
๐ชYo-yoU+1FA80. Filed under toy and yo-yo. Emoji 12.0.
Boy in other languages 12
ฮฑฮณฯฯฮนGreek: a male child, by Wiktionary
เคฒเคกเคผเคเคพHindi: a male child, by Wiktionary
็ทใฎๅญJapanese: a male child, by Wiktionary
็ทๅญฉMandarin: a male child, by Wiktionary
์๋ Korean: a male child, by Wiktionary
bachgenWelsh: a male child, by Wiktionary
buachaillIrish: a male child, by Wiktionary
garรงonFrench: a male child, by Wiktionary
jongenDutch: a male child, by Wiktionary
JungeGerman: a male child, by Wiktionary
niรฑoSpanish: a male child, by Wiktionary
puerLatin: a male child, by Wiktionary
Typed boys 4
(^_^)โA typed face with the male sign after it
(^_^)โ (^_^)โA boy and a girl: two typed faces, the male sign and the female sign
BโYThe word, with the male sign for its O
(^o^)โ (^o^)โ (^o^)โThree boys, all talking at once
Boy sayings 8
๐๐ฆAttaboyBy Wiktionary, said to show encouragement or approval to a boy, a man or a male animal. Clapping hands, then boy.
๐ฆ๐พBall boyBy Wiktionary, a person, usually male, who fetches the balls and returns them to the players. Boy, then tennis.
๐๏ธ๐ฆBellboyBy Wiktionary, a male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands. Bellhop bell, then boy.
๐ฆ๐Birthday boyBy Wiktionary, a man or boy celebrating his birthday. Boy, then birthday cake.
๐ ๐ฆBoy next doorBy Wiktionary, a regular, typical boy or man, as opposed to a superstar. House, then boy.
๐ฅ๐ฆGolden boyBy Wiktionary, a young man unusually successful at an early age. 1st place medal, then boy.
๐ฎ๐ฆOh boyBy Wiktionary, an expression of delight or joy. Face with open mouth, then boy.
๐ฆ๐ฐPaperboyBy Wiktionary, a boy who delivers newspapers on a paper round. Boy, then newspaper.
Boy combos 12
๐ถ๐ฆ๐จBaby, boy, manBaby, then boy, then man.
๐ฆ๐งBoy and girlBoy, then girl.
๐ฆ๐Boy and his dogBoy, then dog.
๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆBoy bandMicrophone, then boy, 4 times.
๐ฆ๐ฒBoy on a bikeBoy, then bicycle.
๐ฆ๐Boy with a bookBoy, then open book.
๐ฆ๐ชBoy with a kiteBoy, then kite.
๐ฆ๐กBoy with an ideaBoy, then light bulb.
๐ด๐ฆGrandpa and grandsonOld man, then boy.
๐ถ๐Itโs a boyBaby, then blue heart.
๐ฆ๐SchoolboyBoy, then backpack.
๐ฆ๐ฆTwo boysBoy, twice.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-13 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Boy is U+1F466, character name BOY (UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0, https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), in Unicode since version 6.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt); the emoji list gives it Emoji 0.6 and its five skin tones Emoji 1.0. CLDR files eight words under it (boy, bright-eyed, child, grandson, kid, son, young, younger); son and grandson lead to no other emoji, boy leads to it and to the fifteen family emoji with a boy in them, kid to Child, Boy and Girl, and boys to Men holding hands alone. Unicode's note on Child (no specified gender) is from NamesList.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Besides the families, the only other emoji name that holds the letters boy is Cowboy hat face. From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): boy (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boy) for the Middle English source of the word, the date of the sense male child and the translations of that sense; birthday boy, paperboy, ball boy, bellboy, boy next door, golden boy, attaboy and oh boy (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/birthday_boy and the entries of the same names) for the sayings, restated. Wikipedia's List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons) holds no boy. The combo names and the choice of school and play emoji are this page's own. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the lines and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.