Roy

Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman roy, meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, rey or roy (modern roi), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world. In India, Roy is a variant of the surname Rai,[1] likewise meaning "king".[2] It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ruadh, meaning "red".[1]

For other uses, see Roy (disambiguation).
Roy
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norman, Old French, Bengali, Scottish Gaelic
Meaningking or red
Region of originEngland, France, Bengal, Scotland
Other names
Alternative spellingRoi
Related namesFitzroy, Ray, Glenroy, Elroy, Leroi, Leroy, Royce, Royal, Rai, Rao, Rudd

Given name

Surname

Fictional characters
  • Esme & Roy's eponymous monster
  • Roy, protagonist of the video game Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and a character in Super Smash Bros. series
  • Roy (Little Britain), from the British sketch show Little Britain
  • Roy (Peanuts), a minor character from the Peanuts comic strip
  • Roy Anderson (The Office), from The Office U.S. TV series
  • Roy Batty, the leader of the renegade replicants in the film Blade Runner
  • Roy Carson, from the American movie Final Destination 5
  • Roy Cropper, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Roy Earle, from the game L.A. Noire
  • Roy Greenhilt, from the webcomic Order of the Stick
  • Roy Harper (comics), a superhero in the DC Comics universe
  • Roy Hobbs, protagonist of the Bernard Malamud novel The Natural and the film adaptation
  • Roy Koopa, one of the Koopalings from Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Roy Miller, protagonist from the film Knight and Day
  • Roy Mustang, from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series
  • Roy Neary, protagonist from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Roy O'Brien, eponymous animated protagonist of the TV series Roy
  • Roy Race, from the comic strip Roy of the Rovers
  • Roy Rooster, in the comic strip US Acres
  • Roy Trenneman, from the British sitcom The IT Crowd

See also

References
  1. Patrick Hankes (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. 3. Oxford University Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-19-508137-4..
  2. Patrick Hankes (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. 1. Oxford University Press. p. xcvii. ISBN 0-19-508137-4..
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