Loy
noun
a female given name.
Loy
American
[loi]
/ lɔɪ /
noun
loy
British
/ lɔɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of loy
C18: from Irish Gaelic láí
Example Sentences
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Local government agencies are not obligated to post public records online, with a few exceptions, according to David Loy, legal director at the nonprofit First Amendment Coalition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Should the market now be questioning the planned closure dates of other major coal-fired electricity generation plants in Australia—Yallourn in 2028, Bayswater 2031-33, and Loy Yang by 2035?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition, said that the federal prosecution of a man accused of starting the earlier blaze does not preclude the department from discussing its actions surrounding both fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
"This discovery demonstrates the metabolic ingenuity of microorganisms and highlights their indispensable role in shaping Earth's global element cycles," concludes Alexander Loy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
This woman was a cross between Myrna Loy and my mother.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
That practice has become so common that it yielded its own name in Khmer—bingvul loy, or “cycling money.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I asked, taking my eyes off the muddy water and my beautiful loy krathong, which was iced with banana leaves, yellow carnations and purple orchids, then stuffed with three incense sticks and a yellow candle.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2012
A loy krathong is traditionally offered to the river goddess to apologize for the pollution, to thank her for watering the rice and to ask her to carry away hopes and sorrows.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2012
Springsteen first appeared in the mid-'60s for a handful of loy al fans from the scuzzy Jersey shore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second mate palmed Gerry a silver loy, and the man slunk off down the alley, leaving them alone in front of the tavern.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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