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Loy

in Illinois

There are 570 people with the last name "Loy" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Loy 1,905
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  1. is 1,901st most common Irving
  2. is 1,902nd most common Willard
  3. is 1,903rd most common Helton
  4. is 1,904th most common Cardona
  5. is 1,905th most common Loy
  6. is 1,906th most common Pritchett
  7. is 1,907th most common Sadler
  8. is 1,908th most common Seaton
  9. is 1,909th most common Bateman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

David, Robert, Mary, William, James, Michael, Richard, John, Harold, Mark

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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