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What does Leroy mean?
Leroy 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced LEE-roy, le-ROY. It is of French origin, and the meaning of Leroy 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.
STARTS WITH Le-
ASSOCIATED WITH king, occupational, servants
Variations
VARIANTS Elroi, Elroy▼, Lee▼, Leeroy, Leroi, Roy▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Liroy, ..
(female) Leri, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leroy Camryn (L.C.), ..
How popular is Leroy?
Leroy is a very prominent first name for males (#144 out of 1220, Top 12%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#4338 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Leroy reached its highest rank of #53 in the U.S. in the 1920s, and is at #875 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Leroy (#875 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) ranked in the Top 2000 are Delroy, Elroy, Lee (#689), Leeroy, Rey (#751) and Roy (#542). These forms of Leroy were at the top of their popularity a century ago (USAGE OF 1.49%) and have become much less popular since (USAGE 0.08%, ▼94.7%). Roy is the clear favorite, although Rey seems to be gaining popularity too, while versions such as Elroy are now less popular.
Similar Names
Leroy▼ is pronounced similarly to Laray, Larie, Laroy, Larrey, Larry▼, Larue, Lary, Lawrey, Lawry, Leary, Leroux and Lorry. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Croy, Laron, Lebron, Ledon, Leeron, Lenny, Lenox, Leo▲, Leon▼, Leron, Lerone, Lesly, Levey, Levon, Levy, Lexo, Lezly, Liron, Loron, Loy, Lyron and Troy▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Leroy.
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