Given name & surname

Leroux

“the red-haired man”

Leroux is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “the red-haired man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One French interpretation is “the red-haired man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is French.

How it developed

From French Leroux.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Leroux’s family of names

In French usage, Leroux has a later derivative in LAREW. Leroux has a related form in Larue. Leroux has a related form in Laroux.

Walk Leroux’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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French

Ledrue

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French

Le Corre

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French

Lefort

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French

Giroux

Giroux is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

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Sibling ideas

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