Given name & surname
Roi
“a red-haired man”·“a king”
Roi is a variant of Roy. Interpretations include “a red-haired man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roi is a variant of Roy. Interpretations include “a red-haired man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roi is a variant of Rodrigo. An origin associated with Rodrigo is Germanic. Roi is a variant of Roy. An origin associated with Roy is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks (“famous ruler”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 430
- 379 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #3,433 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +60%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,433 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 60.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 750 as a first name in 2020; 184 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.
Roi’s family of names
In French usage, Roi as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Roy. In Galician usage, Roi has a related form in Rodrigo. Roi has a related form in Roy.
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Around the world
Roi has relatives in 7 languages.
4 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Roi
- Roi Mata17th century Melanesian chief1300–1300
- Roi LevyIsraeli military officer1979–2023
- Roi KleinIsraeli military commander1975–2006
- Roi MéndezSpanish singerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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