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Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the Welsh Llwyd (“ gray, gray-haired”) and thus cognate with Lloyd.
Notable people with this name include:
- Floyd Abrams (born 1936), American attorney
- Floyd Bannister (born 1955), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American pioneer caver
- Floyd Council (1911–1976), American blues musician
- Floyd Cramer (1933–1997), American pianist
- Floyd Favors (born 1963), American boxer
- Floyd Gottfredson (1905–1986), American cartoonist best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip
- Floyd Heard (born 1966), American track and field sprinter
- Floyd Hudlow (1943–2021), American football player
- Floyd Jones (1917–1989), American blues singer
- Floyd Landis (born 1975), American cyclist
- Floyd Levine (born 1932), American film and television actor
- Floyd Little (1942–2021), American football halfback
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born 1977), American five-division boxing champion
- Floyd Mayweather Sr., American welterweight boxer and trainer
- Floyd MacMillan Davis (1896–1966), American painter and illustrator
- Floyd Odlum (1892–1976), American lawyer and businessman
- Floyd B. Olson (1891–1936), Governor of Minnesota
- Floyd Patterson (1935–2006), two-time world heavyweight boxing champion
- Floyd D. Rose, inventor of Floyd Rose guitar bridge
- Floyd Simmons (1923–2008), American athlete
- Floyd Simmons (American football) (1925–1996), American football player
- Floyd Smart (1894–1955), American athlete
- Floyd Talbert (1923-1982), member of Easy Company, Band of Brothers.
- Floyd Tillman (1914–2003), American country musician
- Floyd Vivino (born 1951), American comedian known as Uncle Floyd
Fictional characters:
- Dr. Floyd Charles, a character in the Left Behind book series
- Floyd Lawson, barber in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show
- Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot, supervillain/ antihero assassin in DC Comics and enemy of Batman
- Floyd Malloy, antagonist in 1985 animated show M.A.S.K.
- Floyd Pepper, a puppet character on the TV series The Muppet Show
- Floyd, Dick's roommate, True Romance
- Floyd, a mouse character from Garfield and Friends
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Look up
Floyd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the Welsh Llwyd (“ gray, gray-haired”) and thus cognate with Lloyd.
Notable people with this name include:
- Floyd Abrams (born 1936), American attorney
- Floyd Bannister (born 1955), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American pioneer caver
- Floyd Council (1911–1976), American blues musician
- Floyd Cramer (1933–1997), American pianist
- Floyd Favors (born 1963), American boxer
- Floyd Gottfredson (1905–1986), American cartoonist best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip
- Floyd Heard (born 1966), American track and field sprinter
- Floyd Hudlow (1943–2021), American football player
- Floyd Jones (1917–1989), American blues singer
- Floyd Landis (born 1975), American cyclist
- Floyd Levine (born 1932), American film and television actor
- Floyd Little (1942–2021), American football halfback
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born 1977), American five-division boxing champion
- Floyd Mayweather Sr., American welterweight boxer and trainer
- Floyd MacMillan Davis (1896–1966), American painter and illustrator
- Floyd Odlum (1892–1976), American lawyer and businessman
- Floyd B. Olson (1891–1936), Governor of Minnesota
- Floyd Patterson (1935–2006), two-time world heavyweight boxing champion
- Floyd D. Rose, inventor of Floyd Rose guitar bridge
- Floyd Simmons (1923–2008), American athlete
- Floyd Simmons (American football) (1925–1996), American football player
- Floyd Smart (1894–1955), American athlete
- Floyd Talbert (1923-1982), member of Easy Company, Band of Brothers.
- Floyd Tillman (1914–2003), American country musician
- Floyd Vivino (born 1951), American comedian known as Uncle Floyd
Fictional characters:
- Dr. Floyd Charles, a character in the Left Behind book series
- Floyd Lawson, barber in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show
- Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot, supervillain/ antihero assassin in DC Comics and enemy of Batman
- Floyd Malloy, antagonist in 1985 animated show M.A.S.K.
- Floyd Pepper, a puppet character on the TV series The Muppet Show
- Floyd, Dick's roommate, True Romance
- Floyd, a mouse character from Garfield and Friends
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name.
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If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.