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Loy

in Pennsylvania

There are 330 people with the last name "Loy" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Loy 3,782
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  1. is 3,778th most common Gottshall
  2. is 3,779th most common Hack
  3. is 3,780th most common Handy
  4. is 3,781st most common Hillegas
  5. is 3,782nd most common Loy
  6. is 3,783rd most common Nauman
  7. is 3,784th most common Pearsall
  8. is 3,785th most common Schick
  9. is 3,786th most common Transue

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

James, William, Robert, Paul, Kevin, Andrew, David, Deborah, Donna, Marilyn

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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