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English word origin

Etymology of Loud

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, McLou

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A surname. · Clipping of McLoud: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. · Alternative form of McLeod, McLouth. · Ellipsis of River Loud.

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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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