English Explanatory Dictionary

Floyd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lloyd, today particularly common among African Americans.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.
  6. A ghost town in Glenn County, California.
  7. A township in Warren County, Illinois.
  8. A township in Putnam County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city and township in Floyd County, Iowa.
  10. A township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  11. A township in Sioux County, Iowa.
  12. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.

Pronunciation

/flɔɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Floyd.wav

Word forms

Floyd Floyds

Etymology

Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

Derived words

Floyd County Floyder Floyd-Hoare logic Floydian Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm Floyd-Steinberg Floyd's triangle Floyd-Warshall algorithm Summer of Floyd
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