The Lloyd Surname
- Meaning
- grey, grey-haired
- Type
- Descriptive (nickname)
- Root
- Welsh llwyd
- Chiefly
- Throughout Wales
From llwyd, grey — of hair, and by extension of age. The Welsh ll has no English equivalent, which is why the spelling looks doubled to English eyes.
It also carried a sense of ‘holy’ or ‘blessed’ in older usage.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Lloyd name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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