Loud.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A surname. Clipping of McLoud: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
A surname. Clipping of McLoud: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Alternative form of McLeod, McLouth.
A placename Ellipsis of River Loud.
A placename Ellipsis of Loud Township.
Where this word comes from
As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.
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