Roy

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English

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From various sources:

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Roy (countable and uncountable, plural Roys)

  1. (countable) A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
    • 2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 173:
      - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them."
      "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?"
      "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..."
      "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew.
      "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy Trent from Roy."
  2. (countable) A surname.
    1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
    2. A surname from Old French.
    3. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
    4. A surname from Bengali.
  3. A placename
    1. A city in Utah, United States.
    2. A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  • French: Roy
  • Norwegian: Roy
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: Roy
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Roy
  • Swedish: Roy

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Roy is the 640th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 53,159 individuals. Roy is most common among White (75.20%) individuals.

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French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French roy (literally king, ruler). Doublet of roi.

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Roy m or f

  1. a surname
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Roy.

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Roy m

  1. (Canada) a male given name from English
  2. (Canada) a surname from English
  3. (Canada) a surname from French

Norwegian

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Borrowed from English Roy in the 19th century.

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Roy

  1. a male given name from English

Old Leonese

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Roy m

  1. a male given name
    • 1241, Document from San Pedro de Eslonza[1]:
      Pedro Rodriguez fiyo de Roy de Vega.
      Pedro Rodriguez son of Roy de Vega.
    • 1225, Fuero enmendado del concejo de Sahagún otorgado por Alfonso X en romance, con acuerdo del abad y convento del monasterio, en cuya cláusula final se concede como supletorio el fuero del libro real:
      Roy Suarez Merino mayor en Gallicia
      Roy Suarez Merino mayor in Galicia

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References

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  1. ^ Staaff, Erik (1907) Étude sur L’Ancien Dialecte Léonais d’après des Chartes du XIIIe Siècle, Heidelberg, page 127

Swedish

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Borrowed from English Roy in the 19th century.

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Roy c (genitive Roys)

  1. a male given name from English