How do you pronounce lloyd?

The recorded pronunciation is /lɔɪd/.

lloyd

/lɔɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: lloyd
IPA: /lɔɪd/

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Meaning

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A surname from Welsh, from a nickname for someone with grey hair.

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A male given name transferred from the surname.

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

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A suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

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Example Sentences

"a ... young saxophonist named Charles Lloyd"
"According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.”"

Etymology

From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: *pelH-, llwyd

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /lɔɪd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Lloyds (plural)

Derived Forms

Floyd Lloydie Lloyd's Lloyds

Phrases

Dwight-Lloyd Lloyd-Georgian Lloyd's bushtit Mount Lloyd

Rhymes With

avoid destroyed enjoyed employed deployed void annoyed unemployed boyd floyd freud devoid

lloyd

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How to pronounce lloyd