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Roy or Roi is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origins.

France
In France, this family name originated from the , the descendants of Norse who migrated to , a commune in , .
(2025). 9780195081374, Oxford University Press.
. The derivation is from the roy, roi (), meaning "king", which was a used before the and a personal name in the .

Earliest references cite Guillaume de Roy (William of Roy), who was a of the and one of several knights and feudal lords () of the Roy family in France and Switzerland.

(2025). 9781643130897, Simon and Schuster. .

In and in the , the descendants of the families of Roy, Le Roy that immigrated to North America have been granted a coat of arms by the Governor General of Canada.

England
After the Norman Conquest, the victorious Normans and their allies settled England and eventually formed the ruling class of nobles called . Roy, or Roi was a family name and also a title that was used by the kings of England & royal administration (such as Norroy and ). This is seen with surnames like Fitzroy, from , meaning "son of" and Roy, "king", denoting the name bearer as a "son of the king".

Le Roy le veult ("The King wills it"), is a Norman French phrase still used in the Parliament of the United Kingdom to this day as . A legacy of a time prior to 1488 when parliamentary and judicial proceedings were conducted in Norman.

India
In India, Roy is an anglicized variant of the surname Rai, likewise meaning "king". Rai (title) is a historical title of royalty and nobility in the Indian subcontinent used by rulers and chieftains of many .

Scotland
The name Roy is also found in Scotland, an anglicisation from the nickname ruadh, meaning "red".

Given name
  • (1903–1992), American country music singer and fiddler
  • (born 1955), Norwegian former long-distance runner
  • Roy Andersen (general) (born 1948), South African businessman and military officer
  • Roy Anderson (American football) (born 1980), American football coach
  • Roy M. Anderson (born 1947), British scientific adviser
  • (born 1943), Swedish film director
  • Roy Andersson (footballer) (born 1949), footballer from Sweden
  • Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American naturalist and explorer
  • (born 1934), British artist and theorist
  • (1940–2025), American vibraphonist, record producer and composer
  • Roy E. Ayers (1882–1955), American politician, governor of Montana
  • Roy Black (singer) (1943–1991), German singer and actor
  • Roy Blount Jr. (born 1941), American writer, speaker, reporter and humorist
  • (born 1950), United States Senator and former congressman
  • (1895–1980), British-Indian soldier and Commander-in-Chief
  • (1939–2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
  • (1921–1993), American Hall of Fame baseball catcher
  • Roy Campanella II (born 1948), television director and producer, son of the above
  • (1932–1994), English dancer, singer, musician, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician
  • (born 1946), Filipino government administrator and retired army general
  • (1933–2018), American country music singer and musician
  • (born 1930), English comedy writer
  • (born 1970), Korean-American chef
  • (1943–2024), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • (1927–1986), American lawyer best known as Senator Joseph McCarthy's counsel from 1953 to 1954
  • (born 1957), American politician and governor of North Carolina (2017–2025)
  • Roy Cooper (rodeo cowboy) (1955–2025), American rodeo cowboy
  • (1923–2003), English footballer
  • (1922–1996), Nauruan politician
  • (1940–1983), Italian-American mobster
  • Roy de Silva (1937–2018), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
  • Roy E. Disney (1930–2009), American businessman
  • Roy O. Disney (1893–1971), American businessman
  • (1873–1939), founding member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • (born 1990), Israeli musician, singer, composer, and music producer
  • (1930–2004), American country music singer and songwriter
  • (born 1928), often referred to as "Elroy Face", American baseball relief pitcher
  • (born 1953), American sports talk show host
  • Roy Foster (baseball) (1945–2008), American baseball player
  • (1913–2000), American football player
  • Roy J. Glauber (1925–2018), American physicist and 2005 Nobel prize winner
  • Roy M. Goodman (1930–2014), New York state senator
  • (1977–2017), American baseball pitcher
  • (1923–2007), British vice-admiral
  • Roy Halston Frowick (1932–1990), better known as , clothing designer
  • (1929–1969), American singer
  • Roy Hamilton (basketball) (born 1957), American basketball player and sports television producer
  • (1969–2018), American jazz trumpeter
  • Roy Harper (disambiguation)
  • Roy Harris (disambiguation)
  • (born 1939), Irish former cricketer
  • Roy M. Harrison (born 1948), environmental chemist
  • (1925–2011), American Major League Baseball player and manager
  • (born 1932), British politician, author and journalist
  • (1925–2024), American jazz drummer
  • (1941–2020), American country music, rockabilly, and R&B singer
  • (born 1986), Jamaican-American retired basketball player
  • (born 1947), English former football player and current manager
  • Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn, 1944–2020), half of the Las Vegas show team Siegfried & Roy
  • (born 1953), American former Major League baseball player
  • Roy Lee Jackson (born 1954), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Roy Douglas Jayetileke, Sri Lankan Sinhala army officer
  • (1920–2003), Welsh politician and author
  • Roy Johnson (pitcher) (1895–1986), baseball pitcher, manager and longtime coach
  • Roy Jones Jr. (born 1969), professional boxer
  • (born 1971), Irish former football player and current manager
  • (born 1970), former singer of power metal band Kamelot
  • (born 1993), born Kim Sang-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter
  • (1934–1988), English actor
  • Roy Ladson Jr. (1983-), Lead singer of Roy & Revelation
  • (1908–1980), American football player
  • (born 1965), Singaporean musician
  • (1923–1997), American pop artist
  • Roy Lopez (American football) (born 1997), American football player
  • (1929–1997), American baseball player
  • (born 1975), Dutch footballer and current manager
  • (c. 1925 – 1993), Aboriginal Australian artist and Indigenous rights activist
  • (born Roy Wicaksono Abdul, 1952) Indonesian actor
  • Roy Masters (commentator) (1928–2021), American talk radio personality
  • (born 2000), Nigerian-American football player
  • (born 1947), American politician and former state judge
  • ( – 2011), British Scout Leader, recipient of the Silver Wolf Award
  • (born 1979), Israeli contemporary artist
  • Roy Nelson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • (born 1966), American hedge fund manager and philanthropist
  • (born 1994), Israeli racing driver
  • (1886–1966), American policeman, then bootlegger
  • (1936–1988), American singer-songwriter
  • (1929–2014), English painter and writer on art
  • (1907–1981), American baseball player
  • Roy Earl Parrish (1888–1918), American politician
  • (1911–2010), herpetologist, professional photographer, writer, spelunker, pilot and war correspondent
  • (born 1972), Dutch judoka
  • (1929–2023), British politician
  • (1911–1998), American singing movie cowboy
  • Roy Rosselló (born 1970), member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo from 1983 to 1986
  • (1932–2008), film actor
  • Roy Schwartz Tichon (born 1992), social entrepreneur promoting public transportation on Saturday in Israel
  • (1944–2023), American physicist
  • Roy D. Shapiro, professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School
  • (1931–2008), British ice hockey player
  • Roy Shepherd (pianist) (1907–1986), Australian pianist and teacher
  • (1926–2017), American baseball player
  • Roy Smalley Jr. (1926–2011), American baseball player, father of Roy Smalley III
  • Roy Smalley III (born 1952), American baseball player, son of Roy Smalley Jr.
  • (born 1950), baseball player in the late 1970s
  • (born 1935), English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer
  • (1912–1983), American park ranger
  • (born 1968), former Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs of Indonesia
  • Roy Thomas (pitcher) (born 1953), American baseball player
  • (born 1950), host of the PBS series The Woodwright's Shop
  • , also known as Wang Yuan (born 2000), Chinese singer-songwriter, television host and actor
  • (1888–1982), gospel music pianist and speaker
  • (born 1943), American all-star baseball player
  • Roy Williams (basketball coach) (born 1950), American college basketball coach
  • (1936–1990), Scottish folk singer
  • (1901–1981), civil rights activist
  • (born 1946), English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • Roy Wood Jr. (born 1978), American comedian and humorist

Surname
  • (1935–2019), Bangladeshi physicist and human rights activist
  • (born 1982), Indian singer and music director
  • Anuradha Roy (novelist) (born 1967), Indian Bengali novelist and journalist
  • (1968 or 1969–2025), Bangladeshi cinematographer
  • (born 1946), Indian Tamil social activist
  • (born 1961), Indian Keralite novelist and political activist
  • , American political commentator
  • Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962), Indian Bengali politician
  • (1916–1987), Indian Bengali actor
  • (1909–1966), Indian Bengali film director
  • (born 1984), American basketball player
  • (born 1996), American football player
  • (born 1970), Dutch football (soccer) player and current manager
  • (born 1945), Indian Bengali social activist
  • Claude Roy (physician) (1928–2015), Canadian physician
  • Claude Roy (poet) (1915–1997), French poet and essayist
  • Claude Roy (politician) (born 1952), Canadian politician
  • Conrad Roy (1995–2014), American marine salvage captain whose suicide resulted in the manslaughter conviction of his girlfriend
  • (born 1961), Indian Bengali actress
  • (born 1957), Kenyan-born Indian actor
  • (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Roy (comedian) (1922–1981), English comedian
  • (born 1970), Indian Bengali actress
  • (born 1986), American actor
  • Eric Roy (footballer) (born 1967), French footballer
  • Eric Roy (politician) (born 1948), New Zealand politician
  • (1928–2023), Canadian politician
  • (1945–1981), Indian Bengali poet
  • (1909–1983), Canadian author
  • (born 1969), British ecologist, entomologist and academic
  • Indra Lal Roy (1898–1918), Indian Bengali First World War flying ace
  • (1919–1977), Indian Bengali actor and comedian
  • James Roy (politician) (1893–1971), New Zealand politician
  • James Roy (writer) (born 1968), Australian writer
  • James A. Roy (born 1964), US Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
  • (born 2000), American football player
  • (born 1990), English cricketer
  • (born 1961), American politician and lawyer
  • Jean Sebastien Roy, Canadian motocross rider who enjoyed success in the 2000s
  • (born 1949), Canadian politician
  • (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
  • (1920–2014), Indian Bengali singer
  • (1889–1975), Indian Bengali poet
  • (1912–1981), Indian Bengali film actor, and music composer
  • (1900–1970), Indian Bengali independence activist and social reformer
  • (1904–1955), American/Canadian boxer
  • M. N. Roy (1887–1954), Indian Bengali philosopher and revolutionary
  • Mathieu Roy (ice hockey, born 1983) (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Mathieu Roy (ice hockey, born 1986) (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Matt Roy (born 1995), American ice hockey player
  • (born 1985), Indian actress
  • (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
  • , Canadian professor of human nutrition in New Zealand
  • (born 1996), Pakistani singer
  • (1931–2004), Indian Gujarati actress
  • (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey head coach and former goaltender
  • (1828–1881), American farmer and politician
  • (1934–2025), Indian writer
  • (born 1949), Indian Bengali journalist and media personality
  • Prasanna Kumar Roy (1849–1932), Indian Bengali educationist
  • (born 1974), American fashion designer
  • Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833), Indian Bengali religious, social and educational reformer
  • (born 1966), Indian film actor
  • (born 1968), Indian actor
  • (born 1965), Indian actor
  • (1920–1944), German tank commander
  • Sarat Chandra Roy (1871–1942), Indian Bengali anthropologist
  • (born 1968), Indian Bengali actress
  • Shasanka Mohan Roy (born 1941), Indian quantum physicist
  • (born 1979), Pakistani pop singer and social worker
  • (born 1948), Indian Bengali businessman
  • Subimal Chandra Roy (1912–1971), Indian Bengali jurist
  • (1916–2006), Indian Bengali independence activist
  • (1964–2016), Canadian politician
  • (1936–2007), Indian Bengali author
  • (1726–1790), Scottish surveyor
  • (born 2003), Canadian soccer player

Fictional characters
  • Esme & Roy's eponymous monster
  • , a fictional detective created by Nihar Ranjan Gupta
  • Philly Boy Roy, from the radio show and podcast The Best Show with Tom Scharpling
  • Roy, from the video game
  • Roy, from the British sketch show Little Britain
  • Roy, a minor character from the comic strip
  • Roy Biggins, a major character from Wings
  • Roy Anderson, from The Office
  • Roy Batty, the leader of the renegade replicants in the film
  • , DC Comics supervillain known as Rainbow Raider
  • Roy Carson, from Final Destination 5
  • , from the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Roy Earle, from the game L.A. Noire
  • Roy Greenhilt, from the webcomic The Order of the Stick
  • Roy Gribbleston, Yellow Guy's father from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
  • Roy Harper, a superhero in the DC Comics universe
  • Roy Hobbs, protagonist of the Bernard Malamud novel and The Natural (film)
  • Roy "Jawjack" Kelton, a character from the 1988 film 14 Going on 30
  • Roy Kent, from the streaming television series
  • Roy Koopa, one of the from the Mario franchise
  • Roy Miller, protagonist from the 2010 film Green Zone
  • Roy Miller, protagonist from the 2010 film Knight and Day
  • , from the manga Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Roy Neary, protagonist from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Roy O'Brien, eponymous animated protagonist of Roy
  • Roy Race, from the comic strip Roy of the Rovers
  • Roy Rooster, in the comic strip U.S. Acres
  • Roy Trenneman, from the British sitcom The IT Crowd
  • The Roy family, from the series Succession
  • Roy Raskin, one of the main characters in
  • Roy, one of the main characters in
  • Roy, an anthropomorphic fire engine in the preschool TV series

See also
  • Leroy (name)
  • Rai (surname)
  • Rey (surname)
  • Ray (surname)
  • Roi (disambiguation)
  • Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734), Scottish outlaw and folk hero

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