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Loy

in North Carolina

There are 472 people with the last name "Loy" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Loy 2,252
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  1. is 2,248th most common Farr
  2. is 2,249th most common Landreth
  3. is 2,250th most common Lara
  4. is 2,251st most common Larsen
  5. is 2,252nd most common Loy
  6. is 2,253rd most common Marquez
  7. is 2,254th most common Salinas
  8. is 2,255th most common Stanford
  9. is 2,256th most common Foushee

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

Robert, David, Charles, William, James, John, Michael, Steven, Herbert, Linda

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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