Given name & surname
Melroy
Melroy is used as a given name and a surname. Melroy is connected with Elroy.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Melroy is used as a form of Elroy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melroy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 171
- 171 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 as a first name in 2020; 435 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Melroy’s family of names
Melroy is a form of Elroy. Melroy has a related form in Melroi. Melroy has a related form in Melroye.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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