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As a name

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Floyd (given name) Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the Welsh language, Welsh ''Llwyd'' (“gray, Human_hair_color#Gray_and_white_hair, gray-haired”) and thus cognate with Lloyd (name), Lloyd. Notable people with this name include: * Floy ...
, a list of people and fictional characters * Floyd (surname), a list of people and fictional characters


Places in the United States

* Floyd, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Floyd, Iowa, a city in Floyd County * Floyd, Ray County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Floyd, Washington County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Floyd, New Mexico, a village * Floyd, New York, a town * Floyd, Texas, an unincorporated community * Floyd, Virginia, a town in Floyd County * Floyd County (disambiguation) * Floyd River, Iowa, a tributary of the Missouri River * Floyd Township (disambiguation) * Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum, a short-lived U.S. Army post near Fairfield, Utah * Floyd's Bluff, a hill near Sioux City, Iowa


Storms

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Hurricane Floyd Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful and large tropical cyclone which struck the Bahamas and the East Coast of the United States. It was the sixth list of named tropical cyclones, named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1 ...
, major hurricane of 1999 *
Tropical Storm Floyd (disambiguation) The name Floyd was used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Hurricane Floyd (1981) – caused heavy rainfall on the Leeward Islands, then passed near Bermuda but caused no major damage. * Hurricane Floyd (1987) – crossed over Cub ...
, for other storms named Floyd


Sports

* Floyd (horse), a National Hunt racehorse * Floyd of Rosedale, bronze trophy awarded to the winner of each college football game between Iowa and Minnesota


Arts and entertainment

* "Floyd" (30 Rock), a 2010 episode of the sitcom ''30 Rock'' * "Floyd", a guitar used by Green Day guitarist
Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is als ...
* "Floyd", a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd from the album '' God & Guns'', 2009 * "Floyd", a song by Kelis from ''
Food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for Nutrient, nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or Fungus, fungal origin and contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, protein (nutrient), proteins, vitamins, ...
'', 2014 * ''Floyd: Es gibt noch Helden'', German title of the 1997 video game ''
Feeble Files ''The Feeble Files'' is an adventure video game about the adventures of an alien called Feeble. The game is a science fiction comedy, with a similar style of British humour to that of Adventure Soft's previous games, the '' Simon the Sorcerer'' ...
'' by Adventure Soft *
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
, an English progressive rock band * Floyd (''Mortal Kombat''), a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series


Other uses

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Floyd baronets The Floyd Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 March 1816 for General Sir John Floyd, 1st Baronet, John Floyd. He was second-in-command at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799. Floyd's daughter Julia was ...
, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *
Eurogate Rail Hungary Eurogate Rail Hungary, formerly Floyd Zrt, is a Hungarian private railway company founded in 2004 by Andras Bogdan. Its headquarters are in Budapest. Rolling stock is usually black with the name of the company written on a pink stripe. The vehic ...
, formerly Floyd Zrt, a Hungarian private railway company *
George Floyd protests The George Floyd protests were a series of protests, riots, and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as Reactions to the mu ...
, a series of 2020 protests after the
murder of George Floyd On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, was murdered in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer. Floyd had been arrested after a store clerk reported that he made a purchase using a c ...
during a police encounter


See also

* Lloyd (disambiguation) * Floyd-Jones, several people of that name {{disambiguation, geo