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Roy¹

  • /ˈɹoɪ̯/
  • [ˈɹʷoɪ̯]
  • /ˈɹɔɪ̯/
  • [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯]

Sounds like Roi, roy · Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Roys

  1. countable A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?" "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..." "At lea
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  3. countable, uncountable A surname from Old French.
  4. countable, uncountable A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  5. countable, uncountable A surname from Bengali.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Power County, Idaho.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
  9. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana.
  10. countable, uncountable A village in Harding County, New Mexico.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
  12. countable, uncountable A city in Weber County, Utah.
  13. countable, uncountable A minor city in Pierce County, Washington.
  14. countable, uncountable A ghost town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
  15. countable, uncountable A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland.

roy²

  • /ˈɹoɪ̯/
  • [ˈɹʷoɪ̯]
  • /ˈɹɔɪ̯/
  • [ˈɹʷɔɪ̯]

Sounds like Roi, Roy · Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich.

noun roys

  1. archaic, formal A king.

adjective

  1. archaic Royal. For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.

ROY³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of run of year

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rory, bernard, rui, travis, dutta, rowe, rua, raj, ruth, chang, fitz, hello, king, monarch, sovereign, ruler

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@misc{roy_2026,
  title = {roy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}