Leroy - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Leroy \l(e)-

is pronounced LEE-roy, le-ROY. It is of French origin, and its meaning is "the king". From the French phrase "Le Roi". Occupational name: one of the servants or pages of the king. Poet Amiri Baraka was originally named Everett LeRoi Jones.

Leroy has 6 variant forms: Elroi, Elroy, Lee, Leeroy, Leroi and Roy.

For more information, see also related names Delroy and Rey.

Baby names that sound like Leroy are Laroy, Lary, Laray, Larry, Lorry, Leary and Leroux.

Leroy is a very common first name for men (#144 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#4068 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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