Lloyd

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

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.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lloyd is the 522^nd 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.

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

• Dolly, dolly, oldly