Roy Family History
- Roy Name Meaning
- Scottish: nickname for a person with red hair, from Gaelic ruadh ‘red’. English (of Norman origin): variant of Ray 1, cognate of 3. French: from Old French rey, roy ‘king’ (from Latin rex, genitive regis), a nickname for someone who lived in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities. Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: variant of Rai.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,315,423 Historical Documents with Roy on Ancestry
- 780,905 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 556,054 Census and Voter Lists
- 62,036 Military Records
- 56,062 Immigration Records
- 860,366 Member Trees
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Number of Roy families
 108 - 214  37 - 107 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Roy families
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284 - 565 95 - 283 |
1 - 94 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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