Female versions of Floyd?

Girl Names
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Help! My Papa’s name was [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] and he was very special to me. We are having a baby girl in about a month and I would love to find a more feminine version of ‘[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]’ for her name. I know people are treating [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] as unisex but I just can’t see it as a girls name! Thanks :slight_smile:

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Unfortunately there aren’t that many names meaning “grey-haired”

You still have a few options -

  1. Name her [name_f]Florence[/name_f] , [name_f]Flora[/name_f] or [name_u]Florentine[/name_u] nn [name_f]Flo[/name_f] to match the first three letters.
  2. Put [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] in the middle spot with a girlier name eg. [name_f]Georgia[/name_f] [name_m]Floyd[/name_m].
  3. Look to his hobbies and life for inspiration eg. [name_u]Harbor[/name_u] if he was into boating.
  4. If all else fails leave [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] for another child (though I’m guessing you don’t want to do that).
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I like the idea of using [name_f]Florence[/name_f]. You could use a middle name that starts with D if that would strengthen the connection for you.

[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Diana[/name_f]

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[name_u]Floy[/name_u] is a name, and you could pair that with [name_f]Delia[/name_f] or [name_f]Danielle[/name_f] like PP said.

If not, [name_f]Flora[/name_f] and [name_f]Florence[/name_f] are cool, too.

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I would definitely use [name_f]Flora[/name_f] to honor [name_m]Floyd[/name_m].

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I just want to hop on the [name_f]Florence[/name_f] train! I think it is perfect.

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This may be a little too much of a stretch, but hear me out. If you remove the F & the O from [name_m]Floyd[/name_m], you get Lyd, and from that you can get [name_f]Lydia[/name_f].

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I’ve seen [name_u]Floy[/name_u] on older women.

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I like the idea of using [name_f]Florence[/name_f] or a variation ([name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Flossie[/name_f], [name_u]Florentine[/name_u]) or using [name_m]Floyd[/name_m]/[name_u]Floy[/name_u] as a middle. What was his middle name? Is that more usable/does it have more feminine variations?

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I would either do [name_m]Floyd[/name_m] as a middle name, or go with [name_f]Florence[/name_f] or [name_f]Flora[/name_f].

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There’s also [name_f]Fleda[/name_f] and [name_f]Flory[/name_f], the latter being a nice choice in my opinion, and only missing the D from [name_m]Floyd[/name_m].

[name_f]Flory[/name_f] would be my first choice, followed by [name_f]Flora[/name_f]!

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Liadan means grey lady, Liadan [name_m]Foy[/name_m] would make a nice name that’s that’s in the same wheel house. Loida is also a perfectly good substitute.

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[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]