Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floyd

/flɔɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
floyd
IPA
/flɔɪd/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd

Countable; Uncountable

name

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lloyd, today particularly common among African Americans.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pelH-, llwyd

Usage

Inflected Forms

Floyds (plural)

Derived Forms

Floydada Floyder Floydian

Phrases

Floyd County Floyd-Hoare logic Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm Floyd-Steinberg Floyd's triangle Floyd-Warshall algorithm Summer of Floyd

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce floyd?
The recorded pronunciation is /flɔɪd/.
What does floyd mean?
A surname from Welsh, variant of Lloyd
Where does floyd come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

How to pronounce floyd

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