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Floyd
Say it: FLOYD
Meaning
Anglicized spelling of Welsh Llwyd 'grey'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Welsh surname turned American given name, popular around 1900.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 155,402 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1926, about 1 in 307 boys
- 70 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Welsh | Llwyd |
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.