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Loyal name meaning

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578
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in 2010
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Origin and Meaning of Loyal

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Loy"al
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  1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance."Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? To help King Edward in his time of storm, As every loyal subject ought to do." [Shak.]
  2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle."Your true and loyal wife." [Shak.]"Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves." [Dryden.]

Etymology: F. loyal, OF. loial leial, L. legalis, fr. lex legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause ("loyal supporters")
    Synonyms: fast, firm, and truehearted
  2. Steadfast in allegiance or duty ("loyal subjects" and "loyal friends stood by him")
  3. Inspired by love for your country
    Synonyms: patriotic
Wiktionary

Borrowing from Middle French loyal, from Old French loial, leial, leal, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of legal and leal.

loyal was also found in the following language(s): Danish, French, German, and Middle French

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Notable Persons Named Loyal

Notable Persons Named Loyal

Loyal Griggs

Loyal was born in 1906. He left this life in 1978.

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Loyal Rue

Loyal Rue is a in the fields of philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, emergence, and evolution. Loyal was given the name Loyal Duane Rue on June 7th, 1944.

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Loyal Garner

Loyal was born on September 28th, 1946. She left this life on November 15th, 2001.

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Jr. L. Martin Griffin

Jr. L. Martin Griffin is a nature writing and environmentalism doctor, writer, environmentalist, and vintner. His most notable accomplishments were from 1998 to present. Jr. was given the name Loyal Martin Griffin, Jr. on July 23rd, 1920 in Utah.

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Loyal Blaine Aldrich

Loyal Blaine Aldrich was a in the field of astrophysics. Loyal was born on November 20th, 1884 in Wisconsin. He left this life on February 11th, 1965.

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Loyal Edwin Knappen

Loyal was born on January 27th, 1854 in Hastings, Michigan. He breathed his last breath on May 14th, 1930.

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  • Loyal B. Stearns
    Member of the Oregon House of Representatives

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Loyal U.S.
█  White 41.00% 64.26%
█  African American 51.56% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 4.15% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.60% 16.26%

Of Last Name Loyal

People with the last name Loyal are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Loyal

  • How Popular is the name Loyal? Loyal is the 4,189th most popular name of all time. As a last name Loyal was the 38,332nd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Loyal have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,437 babies born with the first name Loyal in the United States. That's more than enough people named Loyal to occupy the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 4,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Loyal? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1882 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Loyal first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Loyal is Saturday, March 9th, 1867.
  • What year had the most people named Loyal born? The highest recorded use of the first name Loyal was in 1918 with a total of 106 babies.
  • Random Loyal Factoid: According to the 1924 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Loyal is not a popular baby boy's name in Arkansas. Imagine that, only 6 babies in Arkansas have the same name in 1924.
  • Weird things about the name Loyal: The name spelled backwards is Layol. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Lloya. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Loyal? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 578 people with the last name Loyal.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Loyal? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Loyal as their last name since less than 1 person in 500k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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