Floyd (given name)

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 Abrams (born 1936), American attorney
Floyd Adams Jr. (1945–2014), American politician
Floyd Allen (1856–1913), American mass murderer
Floyd Henry Allport (1890–1979), American psychologist
Floyd E. Anderson (1891–1976), American lawyer and politician
Floyd Aubrey (born 2003), Australian rugby union player
Floyd Ayité (born 1988), Togolese footballer
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 Ebaugh (1914–1980), American basketball player
Floyd Eddings (born 1958), American football player
Floyd J. Egan (1896–1967), American football and basketball coach
Floyd Esquibel (born 1938), American politician
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 Iglehart (1934–1987), American football player
Floyd Jaszewski (1927–2010), American football player
Floyd "Candy" Johnson (1922–1981), American jazz musician
Floyd Johnson (1900–1986), American boxer
Floyd Albin Johnson (1908–1974), Canadian politician
Floyd Jones (1917–1989), American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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 O'Brien (1904–1968), American jazz trombonist
Floyd Odlum (1892–1976), American lawyer
Floyd B. Olson (1891-1936), 22nd governor of Minnesota
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
Floyd Vivino (1951–2026), American entertainer
Floyd Volker (1921–1995), American basketball player
Floyd Vrtiska (1926–2020), American politician* Floyd Wagstaff (1911–2000), American football and basketball coach
Floyd L. Wakefield (1919–2007), American politician
Floyd R. Watson (1872–1974), American experimental physicist
Floyd Weaver (1941–2008), American baseball player
Floyd Wedderburn (born 1976), Jamaican gridiron football player
Floyd West (born 1980), Jamaican musician
Floyd Westerman (1936–2007), American actor and political activist
Floyd E. Wheeler (1905–1995), American politician, teacher, and lawyer
Floyd K. Whittemore (1844–1907), American politician and businessman
Floyd Wicker (born 1943), American baseball player
Floyd Wilcox (1886–1958), President of Shimer College
Floyd Williams (born 1939), American mathematician
Floyd Wilson, American basketball coach
Floyd Orson Wolfenbarger (1904–1979), American architect
Floyd Womack (born 1978), American football player
Floyd Wooldridge (1928–2008), American baseball player

Fictional characters:

Floyd Lawson, barber in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show
Floyd Lawton a.k.a. 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