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Loy

in Rhode Island

There are 10 people with the last name "Loy" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Loy 12,518
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  1. is 12,514th most common Louttit
  2. is 12,515th most common Lowder
  3. is 12,516th most common Lowenstein
  4. is 12,517th most common Lowman
  5. is 12,518th most common Loy
  6. is 12,519th most common Lozito
  7. is 12,520th most common Luddy
  8. is 12,521st most common Lugini
  9. is 12,522nd most common Lundh

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

Wai, James, John, Kent, Lloyd, Mai, Sreymom, Susan, Vuth

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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