Lloyd

American  

[loid] / lɔɪd /

noun

1. Welsh Legend. Llwyd.

2. Harold (Clayton) 1894–1971, U.S. actor.

3. (John) Selwyn (Brooke) 1904–78, British statesman.

4. a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning “gray.”

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Lloyd British  

/ lɔɪd /

noun

1. Clive ( Hubert ). born 1944, West Indian (Guyanese) cricketer; played in 110 tests (1966–84), scoring 7,515 runs; captained the West Indies in 74 tests and to two World Cup wins (1975, 1979)

2. Harold ( Clayton ). 1893–1971, US comic film actor

3. Marie, real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. 1870–1922, English music-hall entertainer

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Example Sentences

Behind them, Lauren Lloyd, 33, visiting from Nashville, sat earnestly scribbling on her wish tag, which was filled from edge to edge with neat script.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“He’s had misses, but that doesn’t stop him from going to bat,” said Lloyd Greif, president and chief executive of Greif & Co., a Los Angeles-based investment bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

When Lloyd Blankfein got his first suit-and-tie job, his boss took him aside to share some veteran advice: He should invest in a set of collar stays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Lloyd trained as a firearms officer after joining South Wales Police following university and Mrs Justice Stacey said she would have been "well-versed" in the importance of health and safety and risk assessments.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Then I said to Lloyd, “It’s a durn good thing we got past the graveyard in daylight.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck