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What does Floyd mean?
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)
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.
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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