Roy is a boy's name of French origin meaning “king and red, red-haired.” In 2024 it was given to 552 boys in the United States.
Roy belongs to the French and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “king and red, red-haired” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Roy first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #18 in 1889, and in 2024 552 babies received the name — 408,050 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Roy means “king and red, red-haired” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Roy is a boy name. In 2024, 552 babies received the name in the US.
Roy comes from the French, English & American and Irish & Celtic tradition.
Roy first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #18 in 1889, and 552 babies were given the name in 2024.
Roy is pronounced /ˈɹoɪ̯/ (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. 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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