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, in western France, and in the Breton community in French-speaking countries.

Origins

''Loïc'' is a

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given name, based on ''Laou'', a Breton diminutive of ''Gwilherm'' or ''Gwilhom'' (as ''Bill'' or ''Liam'' is to ''

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ending ''ig'' (like ''Billy''). Bretons who do not speak Breton often think it is the Breton form of the name ''

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Notable people with the name

Loïc

Loïc Amisse Loïc Amisse (born 9 August 1954) is a French football manager and former professional player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete ...

, French football manager *

Loïc Bigois Loïc Bigois (born 19 September 1960) is a French Formula One aerodynamicist. He is currently the Head of Aerodynamic Operations at Scuderia Ferrari. Career After studying engineering at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Bigois ...

, French Formula One aerodynamicist *

Loïc Bruni Loïc Bruni (born 13 May 1994) is a professional French downhill mountain biker. He is a student at Skema Business School. Career Going into the 2015 season Bruni was one of the favorites. For that season he came 2nd in the world rankings on th ...

, French downhill mountain bike racer *

Loïc Cloutier Loïc Cloutier (born April 26, 2004) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Cloutier began playing youth soccer with FC Trois Lacs, before joining the CF Montréal A ...

, Canadian soccer player * Loïc Costerg, French bobsledder *

Loïc Courteau Loïc Courteau (born 6 January 1964) is a French former tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, as well as Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...

, French tennis player * Loïc De Kergret, French volleyball player * Loïc Druon, French footballer *

Loïc Duval Loïc Jean-Claude Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Duval is a former FIA WEC champion and a winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, win ...

, French race car driver * Loïc Fauteux-Goulet, Canadian contestant in Series 7 of '' The Great Canadian Baking Show'' * Loïc Guillon, French football defender * Loïc Jacquet, French rugby union player * Loïc Jean-Albert, French parachutist * Loïc Jouannigot, French children's book illustrator * Loïc Le Meur, French blogger *

Loïc Leferme Loïc Leferme (28 August 1970 – 11 April 2007) was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch. Loic was also a founder of AIDA in 1990 with Roland Specker and Clau ...

, French diver * * Loïc Loval, French football player * Loïc Lumbilla Kandja, French football player * Loïc Matile, French entomologist * Loïc Meillard, Swiss alpine skier * Loïc Négo, Hungarian football player *

Loïc Nottet Loïc Jean-Pierre Nottet (; born 10 April 1996) is a Belgian people, Belgian singer, songwriter and dancer. He began his career as a singer in the third season of ''The Voice Belgique'' in 2014 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Cont ...

, Belgian singer *

Loïc Perizzolo Loïc Perizzolo (born 20 October 1988, in Veyrier) is a Swiss racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, moun ...

, Swiss racing cyclist * Loïc Perrin, French football player * Loïc Rémy, French football player * Loïc Vergnaud, French para-cyclist * Loïc Wacquant, French sociologist

Loick/Loïck

* Loick Ayina, Congolese footballer * Loick Essien, English singer * Loïck Peyron, French yachtsman * Loick Pires, Portuguese footballer * Loick Landre, French footballer * Loïck Lespinasse, French footballer *

Loïck Luypaert Loïck Fanny Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata. He played 315 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 to 2024. He combines his sports career with an educational program ...

, Belgian field hockey player

Loïk

* Loïk Le Floch-Prigent, manager

References

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