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Re: Where did it come from? What does it mean?
Just a thought, but taking just the 'Aloy', it may have originated from the German.
Go here. It may be a start for you.http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/findresults.asp?name=aloysius
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Hi there, from the information given on the site below, it would seem that the name Aloyed came up alot in German immigrants to the USA around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=aloyed&gsln=&gsby=&gsbco=1&gsbpl=1%2C+&gsdy=&gsdco=1&gsdpl=1%2C+&gst=&gsoco=1&gsopl=1%2C+&sbo=0&rank=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=allgs&gss=ansmp&so=3
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