Floyd

Floyd

Floyd is either variant spelling of the Scottish name Flood or the Welsh name Lloyd which means "grey", and may refer to:

Places in the United States

* Floyd, Arkansas
* Floyd, Iowa, community in Floyd County
* Floyd, New Mexico, community in Roosevelt County
* Floyd, New York, town in Oneida County
* Floyd, Virginia, town in Floyd County
* Floyd's Bluff, a hill near Sioux City, Iowa

People with the surname "Floyd"

* Bubba Floyd (1917–2000), American baseball player
* Carlisle Floyd (born 1926), American opera composer
* Charles Floyd, a number of people with this name
* Cliff Floyd, a Major League Baseball player currently with the Tampa Bay Rays.
* Eddie Floyd, an R&B/soul singer-songwriter
* George Rogers Clark Floyd, American politician
* John Floyd, several people
* Keith Floyd (born 1943), British chef
* Pretty Boy Floyd (1904–1934), American bank robber
* Robert Floyd (1936–2001), computer scientist
* Sleepy Floyd (born 1960), American professional basketball player
* Stanley Floyd (born 1961), American track and field sprinter
* William Floyd (1734–1821), American signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York.

People with the given name "Floyd"

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* Floyd Abrams (born 1936), American attorney
* Floyd Collins (1887 - 1925), American pioneer caver
* Floyd Council (1911–1976), American blues musician
* Floyd Cramer, American pianist
* Floyd Favors (born 1963), American boxer
* Floyd Gadd, Canadian singer/soloist
* Floyd Heard (born 1966), American track and field sprinter
* Floyd Landis (born 1975), American cyclist
* Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born 1977), American five-division boxing champion
* Floyd Mayweather Sr., American welterweight boxer and trainer
* Floyd B. Olson (1891–1936), Governor of Minnesota
* Floyd Patterson (1935–2006), two-time heavyweight boxing champion
* Floyd D. Rose, inventor of Floyd Rose guitar bridge
* Floyd Vivino (born 1951), American comedian known as Uncle Floyd

Fictional people

* Heywood Floyd, fictional character in the "Space Odyssey" series by Arthur C. Clarke
* Floyd Lawson, fictional barber from "The Andy Griffith Show"
* Sally Floyd, fictional reporter in the Marvel Comics universe

Others

* Floyd-Warshall algorithm, a graph shortest-path algorithm
* Floyd Rose, guitar manufacturing company
* Hurricane Floyd, a major hurricane of 1999
* Pink Floyd, a successful English progressive rock band
* Pretty Boy Floyd (band), an American band
* Floyd of Rosedale, bronze trophy awarded to the winner of each college football game between Iowa and Minnesota


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  • Floyd — ist ein Vorname und Familienname, siehe Floyd (Name) für Etymologie und Namensträger Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Floyd (Alabama) Floyd (Arkansas) Floyd (Georgia) Floyd (Iowa) Floyd (Kalifornien) Floyd (Kentucky) Floyd (Louisiana) Floyd… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Floyd — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Floyd es una variante del nombre Escocés o de el nombre Galés Lloyd que significa gris, y puede referirse a: Contenido 1 Lugares en Estados Unidos 2 Otros …   Wikipedia Español

  • Floyd — Floyd, NM U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 78 Housing Units (2000): 33 Land area (2000): 3.084757 sq. miles (7.989484 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.084757 sq. miles (7.989484 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Floyd — (spr. Floid), 1) Grafschaft im Staate Virginia (Nordamerika), 13 QM., vom Little River durchflossen; gebirgig (Westabhang der Blue Ridge), Boden rauh u. wenig fruchtbar, nur kleine Strecken Weideland; Producte: etwas Mais, Weizen, Hafer; Kupfer,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Floyd, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 361 Housing Units (2000): 147 Land area (2000): 0.589148 sq. miles (1.525886 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.589148 sq. miles (1.525886 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Floyd, NM — U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 78 Housing Units (2000): 33 Land area (2000): 3.084757 sq. miles (7.989484 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.084757 sq. miles (7.989484 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Floyd, VA — U.S. town in Virginia Population (2000): 432 Housing Units (2000): 264 Land area (2000): 0.458446 sq. miles (1.187370 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.458446 sq. miles (1.187370 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Floyd — /floyd/, n. 1. Carlisle (Sessions, Jr.), born 1926, U.S. composer, esp. of operas. 2. a male given name, form of Lloyd. * * * …   Universalium

  • Floyd — m English: variant of LLOYD (SEE Lloyd). This form of the name results from an attempt to represent the sound of the Welsh initial LI using standard English pronunciation and orthography. In the 20th century it has been particularly common in the …   First names dictionary

  • Floyd — [floid] n. [var. of LLOYD: Fl for Welsh Ll ] a masculine name …   English World dictionary

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