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Floyd
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Origin Of The Surname Floyd
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Meaning Of The Surname Floyd
The Grey One
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Interesting
Facts About
Floyd
Floyd is a surname of Welsh origins that came about as a nickname. Nicknames were a convenient way to distinguish people and because of this many nicknames became hereditary surnames. Floyd comes from the Welsh ‘llwyd’ which means grey. This surname would have been originally given as a nickname to a person with grey hair or a grey beard. The variation in spelling is phonetic, a more ‘English’ spelling of the Welsh pronunciation. |
Floyd Statistics
Floyd is the number 1390 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,698 share the surname Floyd in the UK.
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