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LLOYD
SOURCE: Nickname
USAGE: Welsh
Meaning & History
This is an ancient surname that originates from Wales. The first bearers of the name Lloyd were thought to have originated in Mid Wales around the early 1300s. There is record of a Richard Loyt dating back to 1327, and an Ithell Lloyd in 1391. Lloyd is a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd, meaning "grey" or "hoary".



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