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Floyd

/flɔɪd/

Floyd proper noun: a surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd.

Proper noun

Floyd (countable and uncountable, plural Floyds)

  1. A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd
    • “In light of the current state of our country, I struggled to find the right words of wisdom for you today,” Obama says in her lengthiest public remarks to date about the protests taking place in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.2020 June 7, Kate Bennett, “Michelle Obama to 2020 graduates: ‘For those of you who feel invisible: Please know that your story matters’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
    • Couple this with the apparent nationwide divide over issues ranging from George Floyd’s death to wearing coronavirus masks, and you’ve got the ideal environment for the wokefish to thrive.2020 July 30, Ben Cost, “Wokefish’ dating trend: Shady men are pretending to be progressive on apps”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2020
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lloyd, today particularly common among African Americans.
    • After years of thinking it over, Floyd Corkins finally had a plan.2013 February 6, Carol Cratty and Michael Pearson, “DC shooter wanted to kill as many as possible, prosecutors say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2017
  3. An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.
  5. A ghost town in Glenn County, California.
  6. A township in Warren County, Illinois.
  7. A township in Putnam County, Indiana.
  8. A minor city and township in Floyd County, Iowa.
  9. A township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  10. A township in Sioux County, Iowa.
  11. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
  12. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
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  1. A village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.
  2. A town in Oneida County, New York.
  3. An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas.
  4. A town, the county seat of Floyd County, Virginia.

Forms of Floyd

pluralFloyds

Origin of Floyd

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

Words formed from Floyd

Words that rhyme with Floyd

26 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Floyd

What does Floyd mean?
Floyd means a surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd.
What part of speech is Floyd?
Floyd is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Floyd?
Floyd is pronounced /flɔɪd/.

Words near Floyd in the dictionary

  1. floxed
  2. floxes
  3. floxing
  4. floxuridine
  5. Floy
  6. Floyd
  7. Floyd County
  8. Floyd's triangle
  9. Floyd-Hoare logic
  10. Floyd-Hoare logics
  11. Floyd-Steinberg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Floyd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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