Loys

Loys, Loÿs, Loyse or Loysé is a given name which may refer to:

People

• Loys of Gruuthuse (c. 1422–1492), better known as Lewis de Bruges, lord of Gruuthuse
• Loys Louis Bourgeois (composer) (c. 1510–1559), French composer and music theorist
• Loys Choquart (1920–1989), Swiss jazz reedist, bandleader, and broadcaster
• Loysé Youth Deal, birth name of Borden Deal (1922–1985), American novelist and short story writer
• Loÿs Delteil (1869–1927), French engraver, lithographer, illustrator, and art historian
• Loÿs Papon (1533–1599), French playwright

Fictional characters

• Loys, in the ballet Giselle
• Loyse, in the opera La Belle au bois dormant
• Loyse, in the novel Witch World
• Loyse, sister of the title character of the novel Catherine

See also

• François de Loys (1892–1935), Swiss oil geologist and discoverer of "De Loys's ape", a misidentified alleged species or hoax
• Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat (1695–1754), Swiss jurist, historian and antiquarian
• Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718–1751), Swiss astronomer
• Loys Station Covered Bridge, Maryland, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places