Lois

Lois

Rembrandt, Timothy and his Grandmother, 1648
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	uncertain; allegedly "desirable, agreeable"
Other names
Derived	From the original Greek Λωΐς

Lois is a common English name from the New Testament. Paul the Apostle mentions Lois, the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy in the Second Epistle to Timothy (commending her for her faith in 2 Timothy 1:5). The name was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular, particularly in North America, during the first half of the 20th century.