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Floyd

  • /flɔɪd/

Rhymes with -ɔɪd

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Floyds

  1. countable, uncountable 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.
  2. countable, uncountable 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.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.
  5. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Glenn County, California.
  6. countable, uncountable A township in Warren County, Illinois.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Putnam County, Indiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A minor city and township in Floyd County, Iowa.
  9. countable, uncountable A township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  10. countable, uncountable A township in Sioux County, Iowa.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  13. countable, uncountable A village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.
  14. countable, uncountable A town in Oneida County, New York.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas.
  16. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Floyd County, Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: davis, lloyd, freud, pewter, grey, ashen, slate, gray, silver, graphite, stone, charcoal, gunmetal, smoky, leaden, dusty

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MLA

"Floyd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/floyd. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Floyd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/floyd

Chicago

"Floyd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/floyd.

BibTeX
@misc{floyd_2026,
  title = {Floyd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floyd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}