Floyd
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English
Etymology
Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɔɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔɪd
Proper noun
Floyd (countable and uncountable, plural Floyds)
- A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd
- A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lloyd, today particularly common among African Americans.
- A placename
- An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.
- A ghost town in Glenn County, California, United States.
- A tiny city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
- A village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States.
- A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Floyd County, Virginia, United States.