The loy Surname
loy Name Meaning and History
- German (south and Rhineland) and Dutch: from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Eloy (Latin Eligius, a derivative of eligere ‘to choose or elect’), popularized a 6th-century saint who came to be venerated as the patron of smiths and horses.
- German: habitational name from Loy in Oldenburg.
- Dutch: variant of Lowy.
- Italian (Sardinian): from the personal name Loi, a short form of Balloi, a pet form of Salvatóre.
- Spanish and Italian: possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Eloy (see 1 above), of which the Italian form is Eligio.
- French (Picardy): nickname for someone who was quick to have recourse to the law: a frequent or vexatious litigant, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a lawyer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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