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Roy

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

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Roy at a glance

Origin
Scottish
Root meaning
“king”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈɹoɪ̯/, [ˈɹʷoɪ̯]

Etymology

From various sources: * Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. * Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. * Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.

Meaning and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does the name Roy mean?

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. Its root means "king".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).