Roy


Gender:
Origin: French, Gaelic
2477 famous people named Roy found on Wikipedia.
404829 male, 2686 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 542-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 18-th in year 1894
Used in: Dutch, English, Scottish

Meanings

A male given name: from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning “red.”.

Roy is the English, Scottish Gaelic and French name of Norman origin. This family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings from Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The derivation is from the word rey or roi, meaning "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. It also appears in Scottish Gaelic, from the word ruadh, meaning "red".
Roy can also be found in India as a variant of the name "Rai", which was a historical title of honour in India conferred by the British Raj.

Red. Often associated with French roi: king.

Famous People: 2477 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Roy Orbison 1936 American singer-songwriter
2 Mouni Roy 1985 Indian television actress
3 Rachel Roy 1974 American fashion designer
4 Roy Harper DC Comics character
5 Roy Scheider 1932 American actor
6 Roy Nelson 1976 American martial artist
7 Arundhati Roy 1961 Indian novelist, essayist
8 Roy Hodgson 1947 English footballer and manager
9 Ram Mohan Roy 1772 Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian
10 Roy L. Dennis 1961 American with a rare disorder
11 Roy Keane 1971 Irish footballer and manager
12 Ronit Roy 1965 Indian actor
13 Roy Jones, Jr. 1969 American professional boxer and actor
14 Roy Cohn 1927 Lawyer
15 Roy Lichtenstein 1923 American pop artist
16 Roy Benavidez 1935 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
17 Roy O. Disney 1893 American businessman
18 Roy Clark 1933 American country music musician and performer
19 Brandon Roy 1984 American basketball coach and a former professional basketball player
20 Deep Roy 1957 Kenyan actor
21 Roy Sullivan 1912 American park ranger
22 Reena Roy 1957 Indian actress
23 Roy Hibbert 1986 American professional basketball player
24 Rahul Roy 1968 Indian actor
25 Rohit Roy 1968 Indian actor
26 Roy E. Disney 1930 Longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company
27 Patrick Roy 1965 Goaltender in the National hockey league
28 Roy Kinnear 1934 British actor
29 Roy Wood 1946 English singer-songwriter and musician
30 Subrata Roy 1948 Indian businessmen
31 Roy DeMeo 1942 American Mafia hitman
32 Roy Woods 1996 Canadian rapper
33 Jamini Roy 1887 Indian artist
34 Prannoy Roy 1949 Media, Psephologist, Author, Economist, Accountancy
35 Roy Halladay 1977 Baseball player from the United States
36 Roy Blunt 1950 American politician
37 Roy Cooper 1957 American politician
38 Roy Raymond 1947 American businessman, founder of Victoria's Secret
39 Nirupa Roy 1931 Indian actress
40 Roy Dotrice 1923 Actor
41 Jason Roy 1990 English cricketer
42 Roy Carroll 1977 Northern Irish footballer
43 Roy Kim 1993 Singer
44 Roy Campanella 1921 American baseball player
45 Roy Makaay 1975 Dutch footballer
46 Drew Roy 1986 American actor
47 Roy Buchanan 1939 American blues musician
48 Roy Bean 1825 American judge
49 Debashree Roy 1961 Indian actress
50 Roy Ayers 1940 American musician
51 Roy Barraclough 1935 British actor
52 Roy Acuff 1903 American country music singer and fiddler
53 Roy Bevis 1982 British professional wrestler
54 Anupam Roy 1982 Indian musician
55 Roy Shaw 1936 British boxer
56 Roy Emerson 1936 Australian tennis player
57 Roy Head 1943 American musician
58 Roy Peter Link 1982 German actor
59 Radhika Roy 1949 Co-Founder, Co-Chairperson NDTV
60 Roy 'Chubby' Brown 1945 British comedian
61 Bidhan Chandra Roy 1882 Chief Minister of West Bengal, India
62 Roy Jenkins 1920 British politician, historian and writer
63 Roy Williams 1980 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety
64 Roy Anderson
65 Roy Walker 1940 Northern Irish comedian
66 Roy Choi 1970 American chef
67 Roy Moore 1947 American former judge
68 Roy Thinnes 1938 Actor
69 Roy Castle 1932 English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician
70 Roy Cropper
71 M. N. Roy 1887 Indian political activist and intellectual
72 Roy Hudd 1936 Entertainer
73 Travis Roy 1975 American ice hockey player
74 Bimal Roy 1909 Indian film director
75 Vibhav Roy 1988 Indian actor
76 Roy Firestone 1953 American sports journalist
77 Roy Thomas 1940 Comic writer
78 Roy Bittan 1949 US-American keyboardist
79 Roy Dupuis 1963 Canadian actor
80 Roy Whiting 1959 English murderer
81 Manasi Joshi Roy
82 Roy Chiu 1981 Taiwanese actor and singer
83 Roy Clarke 1930 English comedy writer
84 Maxim Roy 1972 Canadian actress
85 Roy Marsden 1941 British actor
86 Roy Señeres 1947 Politician (1947-2016)
87 Roy Oswalt 1977 American professional baseball player, pitcher
88 Roy Fielding 1965 American software programmer
89 Roy Mayorga 1970 American musician
90 Roy Andersson 1943 Swedish film director and screenwriter
91 Roy Hattersley 1932 British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist
92 Roy Hargrove 1969 American musician
93 Wyatt Roy 1990 Australian politician
94 Roy Khan 1970 Norwegian musician
95 Roy Innis 1934 American activist and politician
96 Roy Wilkins 1901 African american rights activist
97 Roy Battersby 1936 British television director
98 Roy Mustang Character in Fullmetal Alchemist
99 Roy Underhill 1950 American woodworker
100 Roy Evans 1948 English footballer and manager
101 Roy D. Mercer
102 Roy Hay 1961 British musician
103 Satabdi Roy 1968 Indian Trinamool Congress politician
104 Roy Krishna 1987 Fijian footballer
105 Arindam Roy Indian actor
106 Aruna Roy 1946 Indian activist
107 Roy Helu 1988 Player of American football
108 Roy Lee 1969 American film producer
109 Roy Haynes 1925 American jazz drummer and group leader
110 Roy J. Glauber 1925 American theoretical physicist
111 Roy Urquhart 1901 British military officer
112 Roy Thomas Baker 1946 British record producer
113 Roy Romer 1928 American politician
114 Roy Tarpley 1964 American basketball player
115 Roy Roberts 1906 American actor
116 Shehzad Roy 1977 Pakistani singer and humanitarian
117 Roy Baumeister 1953 Social psychologist
118 Trouble T Roy 1967 Hip hop musician
119 Roy Jenson 1927 Canadian American actor
120 Roy Beck American journalist
121 Roy Chapman Andrews 1884 American explorer, adventurer and naturalist
122 Avijit Roy 1972 Bangladeshi-American engineer, blogger and activist
123 Roy Ngerng 1981 Singaporean blogger
124 Angana Roy Indian actress
125 Roy Estrada 1943 American musician and vocalist
126 Roy Thomson 1894 Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur
127 Roy Chiao 1927 Hong Kong actor
128 Roy Barnes 1948 American politician
129 Roy Geiger 1885 United States Marine
130 Derek Roy 1983 Canadian ice hockey player
131 Tanu Roy 1990 Indian actress
132 Roy Phillipps 1892 Australian fighter ace
133 Roy Hamilton 1929 American musician
134 Roy Greenslade 1946 British academic
135 Roy Chung United States Army servicemen who defected to North Korea
136 Roy O'Donovan 1985 Footballer
137 Roy Eldridge 1911 American trumpeter
138 Roy Wood, Jr. 1978 American comedian
139 Roy Kellerman 1915 US Secret Service agent
140 Claude Le Roy 1948 French footballer
141 Roy Strong 1935 Art historian from the United Kingdom
142 Roy Horan 1950 American actor
143 Roy Face 1928 American baseball player
144 Roy Marble 1966 American basketball player
145 Alex Roy 1971 American racing driver
146 Roy Spencer 1955 American meteorologist
147 Gabrielle Roy 1909 French Canadian fiction writer
148 Ashiesh Roy 1965 Indian television actor and voice actor
149 Roy Huggins 1914 American writer
150 Avik Roy Senior fellow and health care advisor
151 Sandhya Roy Indian actress
152 Anuradha Roy 1967 Writer
153 Roy Beerens 1987 Dutch footballer
154 Roy Bhaskar 1944 British philosopher
155 Roy Erskine Scottish footballer and optician
156 Roy Wang 2000
157 Tathagata Roy 1945 Indian politician
158 Roy Brocksmith 1945 American actor
159 Roy Simmons 1956 American football player
160 Nandita Roy 1955 Indian film director
161 Roy Heather 1935 English actor
162 Roy English American singer
163 Roy Riegels 1908 American football player
164 Roy Jordy
165 Roy Bentley 1924 English footballer
166 Maria Roy 1987 Actress
167 Roy Z 1963 American guitarist
168 Roy Atwell 1878 American actor
169 Roy Aitken 1958 Scottish footballer
170 Bunker Roy 1945 Indian activist
171 Roy Campbell 1901 South African poet
172 Bryan Roy 1970 Dutch footballer
173 Roy Williamson 1936 Scottish songwriter
174 Nicolas Roy 1997 Canadian ice hockey player
175 Roy Stride 1979 British musician
176 Roy Barreras 1963 Colombian politician
177 Olivier Roy 1949 French academic
178 Roy Kilner 1890 Cricket player of England.
179 Roy Boehm 1924 Navy SEAL
180 Roy Wegerle 1964 American soccer player
181 Mukul Roy 1954 Government minister
182 Dolon Roy 1970 Bengali actress
183 William Roy 1726 Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian
184 Roy McFarland 1948 Footballer; football manager
185 Roy Kerr 1934 New Zealand mathematician and bridge player
186 Pankaj Roy 1928 Indian cricketer
187 Roy Yamaguchi 1956 American chef
188 Roy C 1939 American singer, songwriter
189 Roy Lassiter 1969 American soccer player
190 Roy Rosenzweig 1950 American historian
191 Roy Meadow 1933 British doctor
192 Roy Black 1943 German schlager singer and actor
193 Koushik Roy
194 Roy Redgrave 1873 English stage and silent film actor
195 Roy Radin 1949 American theatrical producer (1949-1983)
196 DCI Roy Slater 1945
197 Roy Donders 1991 Dutch entrepreneur, fashion designer, hairdresser and singer
198 Mary Roy Indian activist
199 Roy Masters 1928 Radio commentator
200 Ben Roy 1979 Comedian