Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the Welsh Llwyd ("gray, gray-haired") and thus cognate with Lloyd.
Notable people with this name include:
Floyd Bannister (born 1955), retired Major League Baseball pitcher Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American pioneer caver Floyd Council (1911–1976), American blues musician Floyd Cramer (1933–1997), American pianist
Floyd Favors (born 1963), American boxer Floyd Gottfredson (1905–1986), American cartoonist best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip Floyd Heard (born 1966), American track and field sprinter Floyd Hudlow (1943–2021), American football player
Floyd Landis (born 1975), American cyclist Floyd Levine (born 1932), American film and television actor Floyd Little (1942–2021), American football halfback Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born 1977), American five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Sr. (born 1952), American welterweight boxer and trainer Floyd MacMillan Davis (1896–1966), American painter and illustrator Floyd Odlum (1892–1976), American lawyer and businessman
Floyd Patterson (1935–2006), two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd D. Rose, inventor of Floyd Rose guitar bridge Floyd Simmons (1923–2008), American athlete Floyd Simmons (American football) (1925–1996), American football player Floyd Smart (1894–1955), American athlete Floyd Talbert (1923–1982), member of Easy Company, Band of Brothers Floyd Tillman (1914–2003), American country musician
Fictional characters:
Floyd Lawson, barber in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show Floyd Lawton Deadshot, supervillain appearing in DC Comics Floyd Gerhardt, a main character on the TV series Fargo Floyd Pepper, on the TV series The Muppet Show
See also