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1) Anglicised form of Ruadh [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Later it has often been associated with the French word roi (Old French roy) = 'king' [1] [2] [5] [3] [6]
3) Pet form of Ronald (see Ragnvaldr) [7]
4) Anglicised form of a Gaelic name meaning 'black' [8] [6]
Roj | ♂ |
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Roy | ♂ |
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See also Leroy, Royer, Roymond
For female forms see Roya
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Roy |
Genitive: | Roys |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Roy |
Genitive: | Royn |
Partitive: | Royta |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Roy |
Genitive: | Roys |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Roy |
Genitive: | Roys |
Norway |
3 November |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
7 September |
Sweden |
7 September |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[9] |
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2352 | 4671 | 0 | 13 | 2352 | 4658 |
Finland[10] |
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n.a. |
1312 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
1312 |
Denmark[11] |
|
200 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
199 | n.a. |
Iceland[12] |
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5 | 14 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[13] |
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0 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[14] |
|
7254 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
7254 | 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. |