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Lloyd is a name originating with the Welsh adjective ''llwyd'', most often understood as meaning "grey", but with other meanings as well. The name can be used both as a personal name and as a surname. The name has many variations and a few derivations, mainly as a result of the difficulty in representing the initial double-L for non-Welsh speakers, and the translation of the Welsh diphthong ''ŵy''.〔 Lloyd is the most common form of the name encountered in the modern era, with the Welsh spelling ''Llwyd'' increasingly common in recent times.〔 The vast majority of Wales continued to use the patronymic system well into the early modern period, and the families which did use family surnames passed on from one generation to the next remained exceptional.〔 However, the name ''Lloyd/Llwyd'' and certain other Welsh adjectives such as ''goch'' ("red", evolving into the Welsh surname Gough) became "fixed epithet" passed on through the generations and functioned as family surnames as early as the 14th century.〔 ==Meaning== The name ''Lloyd/Llwyd'' originates with the Welsh adjective ''llwyd'', usually understood to mean "grey", and can be distinguished as a "fixed epithet" passed on from one generation to the next, as early as the 14th century.〔 However, the word ''llwyd'' also has other meanings, especially if buttressed with other nouns or adjectives, such as ''penllwyd'' (brown-headed) and ''llwydwyn'' (grey-white).〔 In addition to "grey" as most commonly understood, ''llwyd'' also includes shades of brown, according to T.J. Morgan and Prys Morgan.〔 By the time the adjective ''llwyd'' became a fixed epithet and then a family name, ''llwyd'' had more or less lost its original meaning of "grey".〔 T. J. and Prys Morgan note As an adjective, ''llwyd'' also held the meaning or connotation of 'holy' during the medieval period, affecting characteristic adjective lenition.〔 A medieval Welsh scribe, or a scribe familiar with the Welsh language, would understand that the usage of the mutated form of ''llwyd'', that is, ''lwyd'' was employed to convey the sense of "holiness". Therefore, as a surname Llwyd/Lloyd "retains the radical consonant after the persona name, masc. and fem alike".〔 The Anglo-Norman scribe would not be familiar enough with medieval Welsh orthography to know that ''ll'' was used for the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative and generally used ''l'' for the initial ''ll'' and its lenited version, single ''l'', except that occasionally attempts were made to show that the sound was ''l'' with a difference.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lloyd (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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