Leroy

Where Leroy comes from

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".
— Wiktionary's entry for Leroy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #108 among boys — 124 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1935
    Peak, #50
    3,919 babies named Leroy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #172.
  4. 1990
    Leroy Fer born
    Dutch association football player
  5. 1996
    Leroy Sané born
    German association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Leroy Sané · German association football player, born 1996
  • Leroy Fer · Dutch association football player, born 1990
  • Leroy Burrell · American sprinter, born 1967
  • Leroy Chiao · American astronaut and engineer, born 1960
  • Leroy Anderson · American composer, 1908–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.