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Surname Etymology and Meaning of LLOYD

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Welsh: descriptive nickname from Welsh llwyd ‘gray’. In Welsh the color term llwyd also includes shades of brown, and it is likely that, when used with reference to younger men, llwyd denoted brown or mouse-colored hair.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)