Etymology

Floyd

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Today it means: A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd Full definition →

Welsh llwyd
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived fromllwyd“grey, grey-haired”
  2. English todayFloyd

Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

Words from the same roots

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Lloyd

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