The flood Surname
flood Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived by a small stream or an intermittent spring (Old English flod(e), from flowan ‘to flow’).
- Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Llwyd (see Lloyd).
- Irish: translation of various names correctly or erroneously associated with Gaelic tuile ‘flood’ (see Toole).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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