Laroy Family History

Walloon and northern French; Flemish (rarely La Roy): topographic name with (fused) French feminine definite article la for someone who lived by cultivated land from Walloon rôye regional French roye ‘furrow’. The surname Laroy is very rare in France where a variant Laroye is more common.

Altered form of French Leroy with the feminine definite article la instead of masculine le (a change that has at least in part been the result of the American English pronunciation).