Floyd
Welsh
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Floyd Origin and Meaning
The name Floyd is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "gray-haired".
Floyd was a Top 100 name from the 1880s to the 1940s that somehow developed an almost comical hayseed persona along with a touch of retro jazz cool; it's beginning to appeal to parents with a strong taste for the quirky.
In terms of namesakes and references, there is two-time heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson, well-known attorney Floyd Abrams, Mayberry barber Floyd Lawson, Muppet Floyd Pepper, and the iconic British rock band, Pink Floyd.
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Floyd Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Floyd
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair)American boxer
- Floyd Bjørnstjerne OlsonAmerican politician; 22nd governor of Minnesota
- Floyd AbramsAmerican Constitutional law attorney
- Floyd CramerAmerican pianist
- Floyd PattersonAmerican boxer
- Floyd LandisAmerican cyclist
- Floyd Lamonte ReiferBarbadian cricketer
- Floyd TillmanAmerican country music singer
- Floyd "Red Crow" WestermanAmerican Sioux musician and actor
- (Charles) Floyd MutruxAmerican stage & film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter
- George FloydAfrican American man murdered by police, spurring global protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement
Floyd in Pop Culture
- Floyd DeBarbercharacter on TV's "30 Rock"
- Floyd Lawton aka Deadshotfrom TV's "Arrow" and "The Flash", and from the movie "Suicide Squad"
- Floyd Lawsonbarber on "The Andy Griffith Show"
- Deputy Floydcharacter from TV series "American Gothic"
- Floyd Pepperbass player for the Electric Mayhem band on The Muppet Show
- Floyd Malloycharacter in 1985 animated show "M.A.S.K."
- Pink FloydBritish rock band
- Floydguitar belonging to singer Billie Joe Amstrong of Green Day
- "Floyd the Barber"song by american grunge band Nirvana
- FloydSam and Molly's cat in movie "Ghost"
- Floydmouse that is friends with Garfield the cat, in the Cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
- Floydboyfriend of antagonist in movie "Beethoven's 2nd"
- Floyd Umbra"Float" Saoirse's mentor in UMBRA
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