Leroy is a boy's name of English origin meaning “the king.” In 2024 it was given to 278 boys in the United States.
Leroy belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “the king” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Leroy first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #50 in 1907, and in 2024 278 babies received the name — 200,702 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leroy means “the king” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leroy is a boy name. In 2024, 278 babies received the name in the US.
Leroy comes from the English & American tradition.
Leroy first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #50 in 1907, and 278 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leroy is pronounced /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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