Name «Loi»

The name Loi originates from the ancient Slavic appellative "loy," which means 'fat from horned cattle.' The earliest written mentions of the name Loi and the patronymics derived from it date back to the 14th - 17th centuries in Western Ukraine. For example, in 1356, a certain Ivan, whose father's name was Loi, is mentioned (source: AGZ III 5), and in 1370, a well-known priest named Loi from the city of Lviv is recorded (source: SSUM I 556). Other examples include: the witness Khodko Loyevich, a Galician boyar from 1351 (source: Tup 625); Steцьko Loyevich from the city of Peremyshl in 1366 (source: SSUM I 555); the Cossack Semen Loi from the Uman regiment in 1649 (source: RVZ 214); and Janusz Loyevich from the village of Nelipino in 1699 (source: Maksay 574). There is also a possessive name for the village of Loeva in the Nadvirna district of Pokuttia (source: Buchko 86).