Given name & surname
Loid
“grey(-haired)”·“a gray-haired man; one who is sacred”
Loid is a variant of Lloyd. Interpretations include “grey(-haired)” (Welsh) and “a gray-haired man; one who is sacred” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loid is a variant of Lloyd. Interpretations include “grey(-haired)” (Welsh) and “a gray-haired man; one who is sacred” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loid is a variant of Lloyd. An origin associated with Lloyd is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 7 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 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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