The name Lloyd comes from a Welsh surname, which is derived from the Welsh word "llwyd" meaning "grey(-haired)".
Famous bearers
Bearers include Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914 - 1998), an English physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine;
Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), an English composer;
Lloyd Cole (born 1961), an English singer and songwriter.