Given name & surname
Floid
“a gray-haired man”
Floid is a variant of Floyd. One Welsh interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Floid is a variant of Floyd. One Welsh interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Floid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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