Given name & surname
Royall
“a regal and elegant lady”·“of the king; a regal man”
Royall is a variant of Royale. One French interpretation is “a regal and elegant lady.” Royall is a variant of Royal. One English interpretation is “of the king; a regal man.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Royall is a variant of Royale. One French interpretation is “a regal and elegant lady.” Royall is a variant of Royal. One English interpretation is “of the king; a regal man.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Royall is a variant of Royale. An origin associated with Royale is French. Royall is a variant of Royal. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Royall through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 59 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 as a first name in 2020; 1,472 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.
Royall’s family of names
Royall has a related form in Royal. Royall has a related form in Royale.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Royall
- Royall TylerAmerican playwright and jurist (1757-1826)
- Royall TylerJapanese-English translator (1936-)
- Royall T. MooreU.S. mycologist1930–2014
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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