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Loy

in Kentucky

There are 352 people with the last name "Loy" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Loy 1,454
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  1. is 1,450th most common Sampson
  2. is 1,451st most common Franks
  3. is 1,452nd most common Linton
  4. is 1,453rd most common Lovett
  5. is 1,454th most common Loy
  6. is 1,455th most common Morse
  7. is 1,456th most common Berryman
  8. is 1,457th most common Jasper
  9. is 1,458th most common Richey

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

Samuel, Robert, Charles, Eric, Mary, Daniel, James, Jeffrey, Jerry, Patrick

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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