Loy

in the US

There are 7,635 people with the last name "Loy" in the United States.

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Loy 3,629
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  1. is 3,625th most common Tully
  2. is 3,626th most common Duval
  3. is 3,627th most common Santoro
  4. is 3,628th most common Lomax
  5. is 3,629th most common Loy
  6. is 3,630th most common Molnar
  7. is 3,631st most common Ricker
  8. is 3,632nd most common Stubblefield
  9. is 3,633rd most common Crutchfield

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Loy

James, David, Robert, John, William, Michael, Mary, Richard, Charles, Barbara



Meaning & History

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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