Lloyd

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See also: Lloyd's and Lloyds

English

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Etymology

From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lloyd (countable and uncountable, plural Lloyds)

  1. A surname from Welsh, from a nickname for someone with grey hair.
    • 1967 June 9, Richard Saltonstall Jr., “New Surge for a Tired Old Idiom”, in LIFE:
      a ... young saxophonist named Charles Lloyd
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Florida.
    2. An unincorporated community in Greenup County, Kentucky.
    3. An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
    4. A town in Ulster County, New York.
    5. A former settlement in Portage County, Ohio.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lloyd is the 522nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 64,202 individuals. Lloyd is most common among White (75.29%) and Black (22.11%) individuals.

References

  • ‘Lloyd’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.

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