Given name & surname
Roye
“a red-haired man”·“a king”
Roye 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
Roye 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
Roye is a variant of Roy. An origin associated with Roy is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 205
- 162 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 13 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 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020; 1,617 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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