Loft

See also: loft, LOFT, and løft

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• From Middle English lofte (“loft, attic”), possibly a surname given to a household servant who worked in an upper chamber; see the noun loft.
• Borrowed from Danish Loft, a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Loft (plural Lofts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loft is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Loft is most common among White (86.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 453.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From early modern German Luft, from Middle High German luft, from Old High German luft. The native Luxembourgish form is Luucht (“air as a space”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loft/

Noun

Loft f (uncountable)

1. air (as a gas, as breath)

   Ech kréie keng Loft.

   I can't breathe.

   (literally, “I don’t get air.”)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Loft f

1. air
2. breeze