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Leroy, also Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy, Le Roy or Roy is both a male given name and a surname.
France
In France, this family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings who migrated to Amigny, a commune in Manche, Normandy.[1][2][3][4] The derivation is from the Old French roy, roi (French pronunciation: [ʁwa]), meaning "king", which was a byname used before the Norman Conquest and a personal name in the Middle Ages.[5]
Earliest references cite Guillaume de Roy (William of Roy), who was a knight of the Knights Templar and one of several knights and feudal lords (seigneur)[6][7][8][9] of the Roy family in France and Switzerland.[10][11][12]
In Canada and in the United States, the descendants of the families of Roy, Le Roy that immigrated to North America have been granted a coat of arms by the Governor General of Canada.[13][14][15]
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England
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After the Norman Conquest, the victorious Normans and their allies settled England and eventually formed the ruling class of nobles called Anglo-Normans.[16][2] Le Roy, or Le Roi was a family name and also a title that was used by the kings of England & royal administration (such as Norroy and Viceroy).[17][18][19] This is seen with patronymic surnames like Fitzroy, from Fi(t)z, meaning "son of" and Roy, le Roy meaning "king", denoting the name bearer as a "son of the king".[20][21][22]
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. A legacy of a time prior to 1488 when parliamentary and judicial proceedings were conducted in Norman.[23][24]
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Given name
- Leroy (musician), American musician
- Leroy Anderson, American composer
- Leroy Baptiste, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Leroy Brown (athlete), Olympic medal-winning American athlete
- Leroy Brown (wrestler), a ring name of professional wrestler Roland Daniels
- Leroy "Shaq" Buchanan (born 1997), American basketball player
- Leroy Burrell, American athlete
- Leroy Carr, blues singer and pianist
- Leroy Clampitt (born 1992), New Zealand record producer
- Leroy Gordon Cooper, American astronaut
- Leroy DeLeon (1948–2025), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
- Leroy D'Sa (born 1953), Indian badminton player and coach
- LeRoy Edwards, American professional basketball pioneer
- "Baby Face" Leroy Foster, Chicago blues musician
- Leroy George, Dutch footballer
- Leroy Griffiths, professional footballer
- Leroy Grumman, American aircraft designer and industrialist
- LeRoy Hurd, American basketball player
- Leroy Hurte (1915–2011) American musician, businessman
- 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 LaBlanc, child-actor in the Music Man
- Leroy Leblanc, cajun musician
- Leroy Lita, Congolese-born English footballer
- Leroy Looper (1924–2011), American community organizer and housing activist in San Francisco
- Leroy Major, Bahamian politician
- Leroy Nash, American criminal
- LeRoy Neiman, American artist
- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, American professional baseball player
- Leroy Parmelee (1907–1981), American baseball player
- Leroy Rosenior, English footballer and coach
- Leroy Sané, German footballer
- Lee Roy Selmon, former NFL football defensive lineman
- Leeroy Stagger, Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter
- Leeroy Thornhill, British electronic music artist
- 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 music publisher, lutenist, guitarist, and composer
- Adrien Leroy (born 1981), French chess player and poet
- Ali LeRoi (born 1962), American television producer and writer
- Alphonse Leroy (engraver) (1820–1902), French engraver and photographer
- Alphonse Leroy (physician) (1742–1816), French physician and obstetrician
- Amélie Claire Leroy (1851–1934), English writer, pen-name Esmé Stuart
- André Leroy (1801–1875), French botanist and nurseryman
- Benjamin Leroy (born 1989), French professional footballer
- Benoît Leroy (born 1982), French retired footballer
- Camille Leroy (1892–1952), Belgian racing cyclist
- Catherine Leroy (1945–2006), French war photojournalist
- Charles-Georges Le Roy (1723–1789), French man of letters
- Claire Leroy (born 1980), French sailor
- Claude Le Roy (born 1948), French football manager and former player
- David H. Leroy (born 1947), American lawyer and politician
- Dominique Leroy (born 1964), Belgian businesswoman
- Edouard Le Roy (1870–1954), French philosopher
- Edward Webster Le Roy (1874–1940), American politician and newspaper editor
- Emarlos Leroy (born 1975), American former professional footballer
- Eugène Le Roy (1836–1907), French novelist
- Félix Morisseau-Leroy (1912–1998), Haitian writer
- Henri Leroy (1887–1960), Belgian footballer
- James Leroy (1947–1979), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Jean-François Leroy (1729–1791), French architect
- Jennifer LeRoy (born 1974), American model and actress
- Jérôme Leroy (composer) (born 1981), French composer
- Jérôme Leroy (footballer) (born 1974), French footballer
- Jim LeRoy (1961–2007), American aerobatics pilot
- José Leroy (born 1957), French boxer
- Jules Leroy (1903–1979), French priest and researcher
- Julien Le Roy (1686–1759), French clockmaker and watchmaker
- Julien-David Le Roy (1724–1803), French architect and archaeologist, son of Julien
- Kitty Leroy (c.1850–1877), American dancer, gambler, saloon owner
- Lalou Bize-Leroy (born 1932), French businesswoman and winery owner
- Laurent Leroy (born 1976), French former professional footballer
- Léo Leroy (born 2000), French professional footballer
- Louis Leroy (1812–1885), French 19th-century printmaker, painter, playwright
- Margaret Leroy, British romantic novelist
- Marie-Colline Leroy (born 1984), Belgian politician
- Maxime Leroy (1873–1957), French jurist and social historian
- Mehdi Leroy (born 1978), French former professional footballer
- Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), American actor and director
- Nolwenn Leroy (born 1982), French singer-songwriter
- Oswald Leroy (1936–2022), Belgian mathematician, acousto-optics theorist
- Paul Leroy (1860–1942), French painter noted for Orientalist works
- Paul Leroy (archer) (1884–1949), French archer, Olympic medalist
- Philippe Leroy (1930–2024), French actor
- Philippe Leroy (politician) (1940–2019), former member of the Senate of France
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (born 1963), French actress
- Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785), French clockmaker, son of Julien
- Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (1890–1967), French co-founder of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO)
- Robert LeRoy (1885–1946), American tennis player
- Roland Leroy (1926–2019), French politician
- Serge Leroy (1937–1993), French film director and screenwriter
- William Leroy, American reality television personality, actor, businessman
- William E. Le Roy (1818–1888), United States Navy admiral
- Xavier Leroy (born 1968), French computer scientist and programmer
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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), also known as Experiment 629, 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.
- Leroy Smith, a character from Tekken series
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References
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