Leroi
title: "Leroi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-norman-origin"] topic_path: "general/surnames-of-norman-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Leroi |
| gender | Male |
| meaning | The King |
| region | France |
| origin | Old Norman, Old French |
| alternative spelling | Leroy |
| variant forms | Roy, Deroy |
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| name = Leroi | gender = Male | meaning = The King | region = France | origin = Old Norman, Old French |alternative spelling=Leroy |variant forms=Roy, Deroy}}
Leroi, Le Roi or Roi is a French given name and surname of Norman origin. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/House_of_Le_Roy,_Normandie.jpg" caption="Coat of arms of Le Roy, Normandy. [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]."] ::
In France, this family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings who migrated to Amigny, a commune in Manche, Normandy. The derivation is from the Old French roy, roi (), meaning "king", or "the king", which was a byname used before the Norman Conquest and a personal name in the Middle Ages.
As a given name
- Leroi Court (born 1963), Australian athlete
- Leroi Jones or Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), African-American writer
- LeRoi Moore (1961–2008), American saxophonist
As a surname
- Ali LeRoi (born 1962), American television producer, director, writer and actor
- Armand Marie Leroi (born 1964), New Zealand author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology
- Gary LeRoi Gray (born 1987), American actor
- André Leroi-Gourhan (1911–1986), French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist
References
References
- Du Cluzel de Remaurin, Chevalier.. (1863). "Généalogie de la noble et ancienne maison des Le Roy".
- Patrick Hankes. (2003). "Dictionary of American Family Names". [[Oxford University Press]].
- "Leroy". Dictionary of American family names.
- Du Cluzel de Remaurin, Chevalier. Lithographique de Jean Baptiste Joseph Constant, Graveur. (1863). "Armorial de la maison Le Roy".
- Anselme de Sainte-Marie. (1733). "Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la couronne & de la maison du Roy, & des anciens barons du royaume".
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