Leroy

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

English form of the French byname le roi (Old French le roy) = 'the king'

Related Names

Leroy

♂

See also Laroy, Roy

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Leroy
Genitive:	Leroys

- Finnish
Nominative:	Leroy
Genitive:	Leroyn
Partitive:	Leroyta

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Leroy
Genitive:	Leroys

- Swedish
Nominative:	Leroy
Genitive:	Leroys

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1889 (born in America) (Leroy)
  • 1921 (Linköping, Östergötland) (Le-Roy)
• Norway:
  • 1897 (born in America) (Leroy)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1920-1929 (Le-Roy)
  • 1940-1949 (Le-Roy)

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige (Le-Roy)
  • Östsverige (Le-Roy)
  • Dalarna (Le-Roy)

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 10 people were named Le-Roy (percentage of first or only given name: 20 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		62	147	0	2	62	145
Finland		n.a.	55	0	0	n.a.	55
Denmark		17	n.a.	0	n.a.	17	n.a.
Iceland		1	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		15	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	15	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Leroy.