Leroy (name)
Leroy, also Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy or Le Roy, is both a male given name and a family name of Norman origin.[1] Leroy [lørwa] is one of the most common surnames in northern France. This family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings from Denmark, Norway and Iceland who later migrated to Normandy.[2][3] The derivation is from le roy, meaning "the king". The Normans brought this surname to England, which in medieval times was used as a nickname either for one who behaved in a regal fashion, or who had earned the title in some contest of skill. "Le Roy le veult" ("The King wills it"), is a Norman French phrase still used in the Parliament of the United Kingdom to this day as royal assent.[4][5]
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːrɔɪ/ LEE-roy, /ləˈrɔɪ/ lə-ROY |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Normandy |
| Meaning | The King |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Roy, King, Fitzroy, Ray, Glenroy, Elroy, Leroi, Royce, Royal |
Given name
- Leroy (musician), American musician
- Leroy Anderson, American composer
- Archbishop LeRoy Bailey, Jr., senior pastor of The First Cathedral, Bloomfield, Connecticut
- Leroy Brown (athlete), Olympic medal-winning American athlete
- Leroy Brown (wrestler), a ring name of professional wrestler Roland Daniels
- Leroy Burrell, American athlete
- Leroy Carr, blues singer and pianist
- Leroy Cooper, American astronaut
- LeRoy Edwards, American professional basketball pioneer
- "Baby Face" Leroy Foster, Chicago blues musician
- Leroy George, Dutch footballer
- Leroy Griffiths, professional footballer
- LeRoy Hurd, American basketball player
- Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician), jazz musician
- Leroy Jenkins (televangelist), American televangelist
- Leroy Jetta, professional Australian rules footballer
- Leroy S. Johnson, leader of the polygamist denomination of FLDS
- Leroy Lita, Congolese-born English footballer
- Leroy Nash, American criminal
- LeRoy Neiman, American artist
- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, American professional baseball player
- Leroy Rosenior, English footballer and coach
- Leroy Sané, German footballer
- LeRoy Smallenberger, Louisiana lawyer and politician
- Lee Roy Selmon, former NFL football defensive lineman
- Leeroy Stagger, Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter
- Leeroy Thornhill, British electronic music artist
- Leeroy P. Nyamadzunzu, Zimbabwean Disc Jockey
- Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
- Leroy A. Wilson, American businessman
- Leroy Wright, American professional basketball player
- LeeRoy Yarbrough, NASCAR racer
Surname
- Adolphe Leroy, French entrepreneur, co-founder of Leroy Merlin
- Adrian Le Roy (c. 1520-1598), French lutenist, guitarist, and composer
- Adrien Leroy (b. 1981), French chess player and poet
- Ali LeRoi (b. 1962), American television producer and writer
- Alphonse Leroy (engraver) (1820-1902), French engraver
- Alphonse Leroy (physician) (1742-1816), French physician and obstetrician
- André Leroy (1801-1875), French botanist
- Catherine Leroy (1945-2006), French war photojournalist
- Charles-Georges Le Roy (1723–1789), French man of letters
- Claude Le Roy (b. 1948), a French football manager and former player
- Edouard Le Roy (1870–1954), French philosopher
- Edward Webster Le Roy ((1874-1940), American politician and newspaper editor
- Eugène Le Roy (1836–1907), French novelist
- Jean-François Leroy (1729-1791), French architect
- Jennifer LeRoy (b. 1974), American model and actress
- Jérôme Leroy (composer) (b. 1981), French composer
- Jérôme Leroy (footballer) (b. 1974), French footballer
- JT LeRoy, a literary persona created by American writer Laura Albert
- Jules Leroy (1903–1979), French priest and researcher
- Julien Le Roy (1686–1759), French clock- and watch-maker
- Julien-David Le Roy (1724–1803), French architect and archaeologist, son of Julien
- Maxime Leroy (1873–1957), French jurist and social historian
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987), American actor and director
- Oswald Leroy (b. 1936), Belgian mathematician, acousto-optics theorist
- Nolwenn Leroy (b. 1982), French singer
- Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785), French clockmaker, son of Julien
- Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (1890-1967), co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) and owner of Château Fortia
- Robert LeRoy (1885-1946), American tennis player
- Roland Leroy (born 1926), French politician
- William E. Le Roy (1818-1888), United States Navy admiral
- Xavier Leroy (b. 1968), French computer scientist and programmer
Fictional characters
- "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", protagonist of a song by Jim Croce
- "Leroy Johnson", a character in the film Fame, played by Gene Anthony Ray
- "Bring Back That Leroy Brown", subject of a song by Queen
- Leroy Encyclopedia Brown, the titular protagonist of the Encyclopedia Brown children's novels
- Leroy (Lilo & Stitch), a character introduced in Leroy & Stitch
- Leroy (South Park), a South Park character
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a fictional character in the NCIS TV series
- Leeroy Jenkins, World of Warcraft character
- The fictional Leroy family in the TV show Corner Gas:
- Brent Herbert Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Brent Butt
- Emma Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Janet Wright
- Oscar Leroy, one of the main characters in Corner Gas, played by Eric Peterson
- Leroy, a junkyard dog in the DIC show, The Catillac Cats.
References
- Site of Géopatronyme (French) : statistics of births with the Leroy family name in France
- Discover the meaning and history behind your last name, Ancestry.com, retrieved 25 November 2013 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 for the surname "leroy".
- "Norman". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- "La Reyne le Veult The making and keeping of Acts at Westminster" (PDF). House of Lords. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- The Norman people and their existing descendants in the British dominions and the United States of America. Genealogical Pub Co. 1874. p. 403 & 321. ISBN 9780806306360. for the surname of "King" and "Roy".
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