Lloyd
English edit
Etymology edit
From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Lloyd (countable and uncountable, plural Lloyds)
- 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
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Greenup County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
- A town in Ulster County, New York.
- A former settlement in Portage County, Ohio.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- ‘Lloyd’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.