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.
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",[citation needed] 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
- Loïc Amisse, French football manager, born in Nantes, in Brittany;
- Loïc Bigois, French Formula One Aerodynamicist
- Loïc Bruni, French downhill mountain bike racer
- Loïc Costerg, French bobsledder
- Loïc Courteau, French tennis player
- Loïc Dachary, French programmer and pioneer of the GNU Project
- Loïc De Kergret, French volleyball player, has a Breton family name,
- Loïc Duval, French race car driver
- Loïc Guillon, French football defender
- Loïc Jacquet, French rugby union player
- Loïc Jean-Albert, French parachutist
- Loïc Jouannigot, French children's book illustrator, has a Breton family name
- Loïc Le Meur, French blogger, has a Breton family name,
- Loïc Leferme, French diver
- Loïc Loval, French football player
- Loïc Lumbilla Kandja, French football player
- Loïc Matile, French entomologist
- Loic Meillard, Swiss alpine skier
- Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer
- Loïc Perizzolo, Swiss racing cyclist
- Loïc Perrin, French football player
- Loïc Rémy, French football player
- Loïc Wacquant, French sociologist
Loick
- Loick Essien, English singer
Loïk
- Loïk Le Floch-Prigent, manager, born in Brittany,
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Babynamer.com Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
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