Surname Origin

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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