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Gender: Male Meaning of Fitzroy: "son of the king" Origin of Fitzroy: English

Fitzroy Origin and Meaning

The name Fitzroy is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of the king".

An English surname originally given to the illegitimate sons of a monarch. Might be a nice middle name choice to honor an ancestral Roy.

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Famous People Named Fitzroy

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FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, British Army officer in the Peninsular War and the Hundred Days
Fitzroy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet
Fitzroy Alexander aka Lord Meloday, Trinidadian calypso singer
Henry John FitzRoy Somerset, Marquess of Worcester

Pop Culture References for the name Fitzroy

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Fitzroy Avery "Fitz" Vacker, character in "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon Messenger
Rosalinda Samantha Fitzroy, main character of "A Long Long Sleep" by Anna Sheehan
Fitzroy, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt, Knight (in absentia) of the realm of Goodcastle, character in the "Graduation" campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"

Comments

OliviaBrady Says:

2020-02-06T11:38:11

I adore this name despite its traditional meaning. It's as strong as it is spunky but I can see how it may be interpreted as a tad pretentious

Michaela Says:

2016-01-13T14:47:23

LOL what an unsavory origin...