LEROY  

Gender: M
Origin: French
Meaning: "the king"

Popularity in 2008: #917

Leroy's getting branded as a stereotypical "black" name only hastened its long slide.

Variations:
Leroi, Elroi, Roy, Leroi, Leeroy, Leeroy, Elroy, Lerai, Leroy, Lee, Leigh

Leroy is being discussed in our message boards:

• Seniors from 1962 yearbook
• Names from about 1940
• Hilbilly Names
• Build a Name Together
• You Have an Evil Twin! (Happy Halloween!)

Read Nameberry blog posts about Leroy:

• HIPPER THAN HIPSTER
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• GOODBYE, GLADYS?
• MARDI GRAS NAMES: Baby Names from the Bayou
• FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME