Loud

As an English surname,

• from the adjective loud,
• from the place name Lyde,
• and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective,
• and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.

Loud (countable and uncountable, plural Louds)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. Clipping of McLoud: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
      1. Alternative form of McLeod, McLouth.
2. A placename
   1. Ellipsis of River Loud.
   2. Ellipsis of Loud Township.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loud”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 463.

• Ludo, ludo, ludo-, ould