Floyd (surname)

Floyd is a surname of Welsh origin, deriving from Lloyd, which is ultimately an anglicized spelling of "Llwyd" (“gray, gray-haired”), and of Scottish origin deriving from Flood. Notable people with this surname include:

Notable people

 * Alfred Ernest Floyd (1877–1974), Australian musician
 * Andress Small Floyd (1873–1933), founder of the Self-Master Colony
 * Benjamin Rush Floyd, American politician
 * Bobby Floyd (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bubba Floyd (1917–2000), American baseball player
 * Carlisle Floyd (1926–2021), American opera composer
 * Charles Floyd (disambiguation), several people
 * Christiane Floyd (born 1943), Austrian computer scientist
 * Cliff Floyd (born 1972), retired American Major League Baseball player
 * Darrell Floyd (c. 1933 – 2000), American college basketball player
 * Davis Floyd (1776–1834), American politician convicted of conspiring with Aaron Burr
 * Eddie Floyd (born 1937), American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
 * Elson S. Floyd (1956–2015), 10th president of Washington State University
 * Emily Floyd (born 1972), Australian public artist, sculptor and printmaker
 * Gavin Floyd (born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * George Floyd (1973–2020), African-American man who was murdered during a police arrest
 * George Floyd (American football) (born 1960), American football player
 * George Rogers Clark Floyd (1810–1895), American politician
 * James Floyd (disambiguation), several people
 * Jehyve Floyd (born 1997), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * John Floyd (disambiguation), several people
 * Keith Floyd (1943–2009), British chef
 * Malcolm Floyd (born 1972), retired American football player
 * Malcom Floyd (born 1981), American football player
 * Pretty Boy Floyd (Charles Arthur Floyd, 1904–1934), American bank robber
 * Raymond Floyd (born 1942), American golfer
 * Robert W. Floyd (1936–2001), computer scientist
 * Sally Floyd (1950–2019), computer scientist
 * Sleepy Floyd (Eric Augustus Floyd, born 1960), American professional basketball player
 * Stanley Floyd (born 1961), American track and field sprinter
 * Ty Floyd (born 2001), American baseball player
 * William Floyd (1734–1821), American signer of the Declaration of Independence
 * William Floyd (American football), retired American football fullback

Fictional characters

 * Heywood R. Floyd, in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke
 * Sally Floyd (comics), reporter in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Pink Floyd, protagonist of the 1979 concept album The Wall by the band Pink Floyd
 * Lt. Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick