Roy Forename

900th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 994,971 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Roy Forename Definition:

A male name. originally a Gaelic name, derivative of rhu ‘red’. It is now fairly common in England as well as Scotland, and is usually taken to be the equivalent of French roi ‘king’.

Roy Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
390,3331:929193
Philippines
99%
 
109,0251:972188
England
100%
105,7511:526116
Canada
100%
41,0151:808172
Indonesia
89%
 
40,1391:6,427850
Netherlands
100%
27,4031:617132
India
88%
 
24,2541:50,0906,729
Israel
100%
24,0181:35042
Bangladesh
67%
 
23,1861:6,877902
Kenya
100%
12,7031:3,645614
South Africa
100%
11,4141:4,778902
Norway
100%
10,9241:470121
Peru
100%
10,8221:2,938523
Australia-9,6031:1,422289
Sri Lanka-9,3711:2,220397
Costa Rica
100%
8,9991:53097
Jamaica-8,3091:34752
Iraq
100%
7,1461:4,900613
Zambia-6,1671:2,571447
Uganda
 
68%
5,9791:6,850786
New Zealand-5,6801:799187
Papua New Guinea
97%
 
5,6311:1,448178
Scotland
100%
4,5671:1,172216
Wales
100%
4,1161:752186
Lebanon
92%
 
4,0321:1,396299
Sweden
100%
3,9061:2,524367
Germany
100%
3,6331:26,6111,061
Malaysia
97%
 
3,4811:8,7471,009
Zimbabwe
99%
 
3,3081:4,663740
Malawi
97%
 
3,1311:5,465770
Oman
100%
2,6231:1,566249
Suriname
100%
2,4351:2276
Sudan-2,3801:15,8851,693
Venezuela
100%
2,2901:13,1891,294
China-2,2751:600,46428,164
Mexico
100%
2,2391:55,4461,968
DR Congo
99%
 
2,1711:34,0062,456
Angola
100%
2,1591:12,4901,319
Bahrain-2,1311:63398
Ghana-2,0791:12,9801,143
Ireland
100%
1,8551:2,503345
Honduras
100%
1,6391:5,380690
Nigeria
100%
1,6391:108,3375,951
Bolivia
100%
1,5861:6,684850
Thailand
100%
1,3521:51,8245,495
Panama
100%
1,3061:2,991582
Guyana
100%
1,2381:61754
Singapore
98%
 
1,1411:5,5101,009
Ecuador-1,1381:15,5771,036
Tanzania
60%
 
1,1241:46,9653,516
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
1,1231:1,212225
Colombia
100%
1,0781:44,3222,132
Belgium
100%
1,0671:10,7691,127
Bahamas-1,0401:38469
Congo
97%
 
9511:5,267774
Northern Ireland
100%
8901:2,071337
Dominican Republic-8711:11,9761,325
Hong Kong-8251:9,397924
Poland
100%
8011:47,4751,298
France
100%
7831:84,8922,030
Qatar
100%
7771:3,050441
Cambodia
 
54%
7641:21,3001,911
Brazil
100%
6701:319,75512,176
Spain
100%
6391:72,8172,470
Afghanistan
62%
 
6321:51,6192,500
Gabon-6011:3,134706
Nicaragua
100%
6011:10,0141,056
Saudi Arabia-5831:52,8526,182
Egypt
 
75%
5641:162,9456,404
Vanuatu-5571:470104
Switzerland
100%
5371:15,2951,229
Finland
100%
5241:10,464820
Pakistan
79%
 
4991:389,49410,027
Argentina
96%
 
4941:86,5861,758
Japan-4691:272,8918,114
Chile
98%
 
4671:37,7031,545
Samoa-4561:428122
Belize
100%
4511:786130
Kuwait-4271:8,8651,074
Yemen-4191:62,7611,284
Taiwan
100%
4011:59,2768,490
Guatemala
100%
3991:40,3721,538
Botswana
100%
3801:5,749942
Portugal-3511:29,6611,231
Russia
98%
 
3461:416,8604,878
Seychelles
100%
3421:27126
Swaziland-3331:3,904752
Denmark-3071:18,4021,137
Cameroon
91%
 
3041:71,0874,170
Mauritius
100%
2991:4,340720
Barbados-2941:986230
Solomon Islands
100%
2911:1,996355
United States Virgin Islands-2831:38841
Morocco-2731:125,8193,873
Italy
92%
 
2661:229,5573,139
Fiji-2591:3,445924
Guam-2511:640113
Dominica-2351:32170
Cuba-2321:49,5971,535
Jersey-2321:43196
South Korea-2121:26,1532,257
Grenada
100%
1761:61492
Haiti
100%
1551:69,2064,295
Cayman Islands
100%
1401:43859
Aruba-1381:752131
Uzbekistan
50%
 
1361:226,3715,030
Uruguay
100%
1141:30,0671,365
Brunei
100%
1001:4,196429
Antigua and Barbuda-991:1,004181
Guernsey
100%
891:712166
Curaçao
100%
861:1,812444
Austria
100%
851:100,1672,105
Malta-851:5,051678
El Salvador-831:76,4071,901
Puerto Rico-831:42,7751,291
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
831:1,344236
Northern Mariana Islands-811:675115
Cyprus
100%
751:11,614966
Gibraltar-681:502109
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
671:819157
Greece
100%
651:168,2243,689
Turkey
100%
631:1,234,94811,089
Jordan
 
83%
611:144,7012,356
United Arab Emirates-531:134,9439,419
British Virgin Islands
100%
521:60183
Estonia
100%
511:25,7921,959
Isle of Man
100%
511:1,667146
Ivory Coast
83%
 
481:480,74918,147
Bermuda-451:1,441332
Liberia
100%
431:102,6064,435
Saint Lucia
100%
391:4,559781
American Samoa-371:1,509210
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
New Caledonia
100%
351:7,719883
Czechia
80%
 
321:333,0052,071
Vietnam
100%
321:2,894,4723,319
Luxembourg
100%
261:21,6941,244
Macau-241:25,342410
Anguilla
100%
231:57661
Marshall Islands
100%
231:2,227336
Hungary
100%
221:445,0801,710
Paraguay
100%
211:344,6104,184
Andorra-201:4,144399
Belarus
100%
201:474,1193,101
Mongolia-181:163,0458,219
Syria-181:1,072,5603,242
Turks and Caicos Islands-181:1,928471
Falkland Islands-171:18518
Ethiopia-161:6,097,50812,067
French Polynesia-161:17,3691,803
Myanmar-161:3,246,7671,079
Rwanda
100%
161:710,7151,599
Iceland
100%
151:24,4011,622
Kazakhstan
91%
 
151:1,183,12311,783
Benin
100%
121:881,32023,430
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-121:486130
Nepal-111:2,589,75936,665
Slovenia
100%
101:245,8764,150
Azerbaijan
100%
91:1,071,43815,295
Croatia
100%
91:468,5645,419
Equatorial Guinea-91:126,410509
Iran-91:8,721,87426,086
Madagascar-91:2,625,4903,077
Palestine
 
80%
91:505,5623,190
Armenia
100%
81:364,8444,921
Micronesia-81:13,312575
Tunisia-81:84,6135,494
Albania
100%
71:435,22416,450
Maldives-71:61,9861,836
Namibia-61:400,6965,862
Bulgaria
100%
51:1,398,07812,856
Faroe Islands
100%
51:9,8251,060
Georgia-51:747,69311,698
Central African Republic-41:1,128,848698
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
Nauru
100%
41:2,982284
Norfolk Island-41:581152
Saint Barthelemy-41:2,389151
South Sudan
100%
41:2,887,7551,822
Tajikistan
100%
41:2,093,7305,016
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Cape Verde-31:176,3844,377
Cook Islands-31:6,051772
Lesotho
100%
31:679,99929,822
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Northern Cyprus
100%
31:106,0442,485
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Guinea-21:5,929,3246,648
Latvia-21:1,007,8224,547
Liechtenstein-21:18,928806
Lithuania-21:1,475,9413,949
Montenegro
100%
21:317,2883,822
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Senegal
100%
21:7,290,67824,413
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Bhutan
100%
11:824,9286,865
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Niue-11:1,60470
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Tonga-11:107,436779
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115

Roy (2,687,333) may also be a surname.

Roy Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. originally a Gaelic name, derivative of rhu ‘red’. It is now fairly common in England as well as Scotland, and is usually taken to be the equivalent of French roi ‘king’.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

(See also Rory.) Probably Celtic ‘red’: Gaelic has ruadh, Cymric has r(h)ud, A. -S. has rudig (Teutonic rudu), English has ruddy, Greek has ρόδος (rhŏdos), Latin hasravus: the Celtic word is prominent in Irish and Scottish nomenclature, for in Ireland and Scotland ‘the true undiluted Gaels are divided between the black and the red’. Thence, certainly, the surnames Roe and Roy; thence, again, the ‘Christian’. It is a more convincing derivation than that from roy, old French for roi, ‘king.’

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Celtic name, meaning: Red. (Teutonic) A king or sovereign.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

A Gaelic name: Ruadh, red. Hence Mac-inroy, earlier Makaneroy (1555), for M‘Iain Ruaidh, Red John’s son.

Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain

Roy Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roya86171,879/
Royd8617,715/
Royi862,471/
Rojy862,190/
Rohy861,340/
Rhoy861,011/
Roye86850/
Roys86648/
Royo86449/
Rooy86300/
Rouy86287/
Roiy86101/
Royy86100/
Royt8694/
Hroy8641/
Royz8629/
Royp8623/
Rroy8620/
Royh8616/
Royj8614/
Ruoy8614/
Rioy867/
Royé862/
Ryoy861/
Ro8047,939/
Ry804,113/
Rouhy755,782/
Royah751,641/
Rouya751,402/
Roaya75887/
Rojiy75638/
Ryoya75445/
Rohya75427/
Royis75334/
Royet75261/
Rouye75251/
Royat75201/
Roehy75138/
Royas75100/
Royes7599/
Ro'ya7590/
Royoh7588/
Rooya7579/
Ruoya7558/
Royee7556/
Royed7553/
Royaa7546/
Royad7544/
Rioyo7542/
Royot7536/
Ryoyo7536/
Rhoyd7531/
Rohiy7529/
Rhoya7525/
Ruoye7525/
Royie7524/
Royid7522/
Rohhy7520/
Royha7517/
Royaz7516/
Rooys7515/
Royeh7515/
Roiys7513/
Royit7513/
Rhoys7512/
Rroyd7512/
Rhohy7511/
Rooyi7510/
Royss7510/
Rohyt756/
Royje755/
Roiyo754/
Royap754/
Royii754/
Royst754/
Ruoyo754/
Rhoyz753/
Roy's753/
Royds753/
Royiz753/
Royos753/
Roysh753/
Rhooy753/
Rohys752/
Roiiy752/
Rooye752/
Roych752/
Roydd752/
Royhi752/
Royod752/
Rhouy752/
Rhoyt752/
Rioya752/
Rouyy751/
Royoo751/
Royop751/
Roytd751/
Royyi751/
Royða751/
Royip751/
Roïya751/
Rooyd751/
Rooiy751/
Roojy751/
Rojyi751/
Roiyd751/
Rohyo751/
Rhuoy751/
Riojy751/
Rhoye751/
Rhoyi751/
Rhroy751/
Rhoiy751/
Hrioy751/
Rohye751/
Royez751/
Hroya751/
Ray67639,926/
Rey67256,478/
Rod67147,156/
Rio67108,946/
Ryo6787,581/
Ros6757,768/
Roa6752,073/
Ruo6739,863/
Roi6739,469/
Rot6737,346/
Roz6732,202/
Rou6731,164/
Ruy6725,204/
Roh6710,058/
Roj676,804/
Roo675,383/
Roe674,457/
Rop673,165/
Ryt671,073/
Hro67715/
Rye67669/
Rojaya67476/
Rys67454/
Rho67362/
Riy67335/
Rohyah67230/
Ryy67108/
Rhy6785/
Rhouya6784/
Rođ6773/
Ryh6763/
Ryd6754/
Ryz6748/
Rry6748/
Rzo6746/
Royett6739/
Ryi6736/
Royooe6728/
Rgo6725/
Royesh6723/
Ruoyat6720/
Hry6716/
Rro6715/
Royish6714/
Royaha6714/
Rhoyet6713/
Ryp6713/
Royees6712/
Roeyah6712/
Rzy6712/
Roï6710/
Royhah678/
Rouyoh676/
Royadh676/
Rouyah675/
Royhaz674/
Rohyeh674/
Royaia673/
Royaja673/
Royash673/
Rouyat673/
Royaya673/
Rouyad673/
Roç673/
Royeed672/
Rohyth672/
Roć672/
Rouyet672/
Rouhya672/
Rhoyas672/
Royhit672/
Roð671/
Geeroy671/
Ráy671/
Ryoaya671/
Ryohyo671/
Rƶy671/
Rouyas671/
Rou'ya671/
Roysth671/
Royass671/
Royaud671/
Royech671/
Royedh671/
Royhet671/
Royhid671/
Royitt671/
Rooyss671/
Rohyas671/
Rohyet671/
Rohyoe671/
Rohytt671/
Ro'yah671/
Rhoyit671/
Hrohiy671/
Royatt671/
Rouyee671/
Rouyeh671/
Rhoyth671/

Roy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roy in the Russian language
Ройroj-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roy