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

A famous example was a 1986 column on the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s proposal to expand its iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building by erecting a rectangular tower behind the smaller of the building’s two rotundas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

This Andrew Lloyd Webber juggernaut, which launched a wave of British mega-musicals in the 1980s, had a long and lucrative reign.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The stock market is becoming “more numb” to the tensions in the Middle East, said Matt Lloyd, chief investment strategist at Advisors Asset Management.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Now, Florida Southern College, the fabled Frank Lloyd Wright–designed campus that citrus money made, didn’t even offer a citrus management program.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Next to me, Lloyd was half his natural size, almost completely concealed by his pillow.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck