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Loye
How to Pronounce Loye
Pronounced LOY /ΛlΙΙͺ/Medium
Meaning: Loye is a spelling of Loy, a short American boy's name of the early twentieth century. Loy itself is usually traced to Eloy, the old French form of the saint's name Eligius, from Latin 'eligius' meaning chosen; some families also linked it to the name Lois. The precise route for any one family is uncertain.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Loye is an American respelling of Loy, a short boy's name that surfaced in United States records in the early twentieth century. Loy is most often traced back to Eloy, the French form of Eligius (Latin 'eligius', chosen), the name of a seventh-century saint; a few families instead connected it to Lois. Like many rural names of its day, it was written the way it sounded.
Loye was never a common name. It reached its modest high point around 1933, given to only about twenty boys a year, and had faded from the rolls by the nineteen-seventies. A boy named Loye then would be a great-grandfather today.
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What does the name Loye mean?
It is a form of Loy, usually traced to Eloy and Latin 'eligius' meaning chosen; some families tied it to Lois. Routes are uncertain.
How do you pronounce Loye?
It is said LOY, one syllable, rhyming with joy.
Is Loye a boy or girl name?
Loye is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Loye?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-thirties.