Loïc

Loïc or Loick, is a male personal forename chiefly used in Brittany, in western France, and in the Breton community in French-speaking countries.

"Loic" redirects here. For the computer program, see LOIC.

Origins

Loïc is a Breton given name, based on Laou, a Breton diminutive of Gwilherm or Gwilhom (like Bill is a diminutive of William), with the diminutive ending ig (like Billy). Non-Breton speaking Bretons often think it is the Breton form of the name Louis.

In Provence, in southeastern France, many think that it actually is "the old Provençal form of Louis", in which case it means "Famed Warrior".[1]

Another less well accepted explanation of the origin of the name is that its source is "Loukas", a Greek name meaning "One from Lucania". This would group the name with other names that have this root, such as Luke, Luc and Lucas.[2]

Notable people named Loïc

Loïc

Loick

Loïk
gollark: Huh, what's the "apl" one doing?
gollark: I see.
gollark: Oh. HERE'S the issue. Precision problems; bee them!
gollark: You should probably run with 100 iterations as the <#746231084353847366> screenshot shows results from that, and add the "grudger" program.
gollark: There aren't actually any submissions other than the ones helloboi shipped.

References
  1. BabyNames.com (Please note that this reference compares the name to Lewis, rather than Louis.) One origin of the name Lewis is the same root as the name Louis
  2. Babynamer.com Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
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