LLOYD
LOYD
A Welsh name associated with “grey” and, by extension, the sea.
Meaning
The excerpts connect Lloyd with Welsh Llwyd, meaning “grey,” and note that this could also function as an epithet for the sea. One excerpt says the form passed into English as Lloyd and became common as both a Christian name and surname.
Origin
Welshmasculine
Fun fact
The books also mention that an English form, Floyd, was adopted from the same Welsh source.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.