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Floyd

What does Floyd mean?

Floyd Pronunciation of Floyd as a boys' name is pronounced floyd. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Floyd is "gray-haired". Anglicization of Lloyd, modified because of the difficulty non-Welsh speakers have in pronouncing "Ll-". Boxing celebrity Floyd Patterson.

STARTS WITH Fl-

Variations

RELATION VIA LLOYD Loyd

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Faoyd, ..

(female) Floti, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Floyd Antonio (F.A.), ..

How popular is Floyd?

Floyd is a very popular first name for males (#167 out of 1220, Top 14%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#469 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Floyd reached its highest position of #51 in the U.S. during the years 1900-1909, and is at #1816 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Floyd name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Floyd outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Floyd (#1816 IN RECENT RANKINGS) rated in the Top 2000 are Lloyd (#1476) and Loyd. Adoption of these forms of Floyd reached its highest 108 years ago (MEDIAN #114) and is now significantly diminished.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Floyd, Lloyd, Loyd in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Floyd and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Boyd, Cloyd, Flyn and Ford. These names tend to be less frequently used than Floyd.

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