Given name & surname
Floyd
“a gray-haired man”
Floyd is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “a gray-haired man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
How it developed
In English use, Floyd is used as a variant of Lloyd.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Floyd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 155,747
- 154,370 boys · 1,377 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 3,662 babies
- 2025
- 63
- #2,237 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 63 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,237 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 3,623 in 1926. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 48,533 as a first name in 2020; 63,374 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Floyd’s family of names
Floyd has a related form in Lloyd. In English usage, Floyd has a related form in African American. Floyd has a related form in Floid.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Floyd
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.American boxerborn 1977
- Floyd LandisAmerican road racing cyclistborn 1975
- Floyd PattersonAmerican heavyweight boxer (1935-2006)
- Floyd AyitéTogolese-French footballer (born 1988)
- Floyd WestermanNative American entertainer (1936–2007)
- DanjaAmerican record producer and songwriter from Virginiaborn 1982
- Floyd CouncilAmerican blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976)
- Floyd CramerAmerican pianist (1933–1997)
- Floyd CardozIndian chef and winner of Top Chef Masters (1960-2020)
Characters named Floyd: Deadshot (DC Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
Similar names
If you love Floyd, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Boyd
“a blonde-haired man”
>99% boys
Foy
“an adventurous man; a journey”
83% boys · 17% girls
Coy
“son of Aodh” · “fire”
>99% boys
Orin
“a dark-haired beauty”
99% boys · 1% girls
Oran
“surrounded by light” · “a pale-skinned man”
>99% boys
Wallace
“foreign, Celtic” · “a Welshman; a man from the south”
98% boys · 2% girls
Doyle
“a dark stranger”
>99% boys
Green
“lawn”
>99% boys