Roy

French or Celtic

"king or red-haired"

Roy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Leroy

Roy Rank in US Top 1000

# 541 in the US

Roy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 342 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Roy

• 541 US 2024
• 342 Nameberry 2025
• 496 Future 2028
• 810 England 2024
• 68 Israel 2023

20 Names Similar to Roy

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• Marvin
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• Melvin
• Norman
• Glen
• Roger
• Glenn
• Guy
• Irwin
• Moses
• Dale
• Leroy
• Lloyd
• Howard
• Buchanan
• Eddie
• Reginald
• Arnold
• Milton
• Reggie

Famous People Named Roy

• Roy Choi Korean American chef
• Roy Kelton Orbison American rock 'n' roll singer
• Roy David McMillan American baseball player
• Roy Fox Lichtenstein American pop artist
• Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III American baseball player
• Roy Claxton Acuff American country music singer
• Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) American Western actor/singer
• Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn) German,American magician of Siegfried & Roy
• Roy Alton Blount Jr. American humor writer
• Roy Jay Glauber American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Roy Campanella American baseball player
• Roy Richard Scheider American actor
• Roy Oliver Disney American co,founder of Walt Disney Co.; brother of Walt Disney
• Roy Edward Disney American executive of Walt Disney Co.; nephew of Walt Disney
• Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III American actor
• Roy Lane Marble American basketball player
• Roy Frederick Smalley Jr. and III, American baseball players
• Roy Dupuis French,Canadian actor
• Roy Marcus Cohn American McCarthy,era attorney
• Roy Halston Frowick American fashion designer
• Roy Kent Head American singer
• Roy Wilkins American civil rights activist
• Roy Fegan American actor
• Roy Lichtenstein Pop art artist
• Roy Linzee Tutill (b. 1954) 14 year old British boy who was raped and then strangled to death in 1968

The name Roy in Pop Culture

• Roy protagonist in the video game "Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals"
• Roy Trenneman character on "The IT Crowd"
• Roy Mustang character from the manga/anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
• Roy Dillon from movie "The Grifters" played by John Cusack
• Roy Wally character in National Lampoon's "Vacation"
• Roy Anderson character on US TV series "The Office"
• Roy DeSoto character on TV show "Emergency"
• Roy G. Bivolo aka Rainbow Raider character on TV's "The Flash"
• Roy Harper DC Comics superhero named Arsenal, also character on the CW tv series "Arrow", based on the Green Arrow comics, played by Colton Haynes
• Roy character in the video game "Harvest Moon: Animal Parade"
• Roy Batty antagonist of the 1982 film "Blade Runner"
• Roy Rooster character in the "U.S. Acres" comic strip & "U.S. Acres" Segment of "Garfield and Friends" cartoon show