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Loy

in California

There are 497 people with the last name "Loy" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Loy 5,130
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  1. is 5,126th most common Fausto
  2. is 5,127th most common Hussey
  3. is 5,128th most common Joslin
  4. is 5,129th most common Kuan
  5. is 5,130th most common Loy
  6. is 5,131st most common Manrique
  7. is 5,132nd most common Nissen
  8. is 5,133rd most common Oshiro
  9. is 5,134th most common South

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lay, Lo, Low, Ley, Loo, Lou, Loh, Loe, Loi, Loa

Most Common First Names for Loy

David, John, Mary, James, Kenneth, Mark, Michael, Patricia, Barbara, Charles

Meaning & History

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Loy

German (south and Rhineland) and Dutch: from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Eloy (Latin Eligius, a derivative of eligere ‘to choose or elect’), popularized a 6th-century saint who came to be venerated as the patron of smiths and horses.

German: habitational name from Loy in Oldenburg.

Dutch: variant of Lowy.

Italian (Sardinian): from the personal name Loi, a short form of Balloi, a pet form of Salvatóre.

Spanish and Italian: possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Eloy (see 1 above), of which the Italian form is Eligio.

French (Picardy): nickname for someone who was quick to have recourse to the law: a frequent or vexatious litigant, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a lawyer.

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