Loïc

Loïc
Gender	Male
Language(s)	French
Origin
Word/name	French
Meaning	"Famed warrior" or "loot bringer"
Region of origin	France, Belgium, Quebec and francophone Africa
Other names
Related names	Louis, Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk, Alois, Lowic
See also	Lothar

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 (as Bill or Liam is to 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 derivation is from Loukas, a Greek name meaning "from Lucania", whose usual French form is Luc (see Luke (name)).^[2]

Notable people with the name

Loïc

Loïc Amisse, French football manager
Loïc Bigois, French Formula One aerodynamicist
Loïc Bruni, French downhill mountain bike racer
Loïc Costerg, French bobsledder
Loïc Courteau, French tennis player
Loïc De Kergret, French volleyball player
Loïc Druon, French footballer
Loïc Duval, French race car driver
Loïc Fauteux-Goulet, Canadian contestant in Series 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show
Loïc Guillon, French football defender
Loïc Jacquet, French rugby union player
Loïc Jean-Albert, French parachutist
Loïc Jouannigot, French children's book illustrator
Loïc Le Meur, French blogger
Loïc Leferme, French diver
Loïc Loval, French football player
Loïc Lumbilla Kandja, French football player
Loïc Matile, French entomologist
Loïc Meillard, Swiss alpine skier
Loïc Négo, Hungarian football player
Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer
Loïc Perizzolo, Swiss racing cyclist
Loïc Perrin, French football player
Loïc Rémy, French football player
Loïc Vergnaud, French para-cyclist
Loïc Wacquant, French sociologist

Loick/Loïck

Loick Ayina, Congolese footballer
Loick Essien, English singer
Loïck Peyron, French yachtsman
Loick Pires, Portuguese footballer
Loick Landre, French footballer
Loïck Lespinasse, French footballer
Loïck Luypaert, Belgian field hockey player

Loïk

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent, manager

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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