Roy or Roi is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origins.
4-560: Roy is a surname and a masculine given name. Roy may also refer to: Roy 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 ( French pronunciation: [ʁwa] ), meaning "king", which was a byname used before
8-616: A coat of arms by the Governor General of Canada . After the Norman Conquest, the victorious Normans and their allies settled England and eventually formed the ruling class of nobles called Anglo-Normans . 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 Viceroy ). This is seen with patronymic surnames like Fitzroy , from Fi(t)z , meaning "son of" and Roy , "king", denoting
12-756: The Norman Conquest and a personal name in the Middle Ages . Earliest references cite Guillaume de Roy (William of Roy), who was a knight of the Knights Templar and one of several knights and feudal lords ( seigneur ) of the Roy family in France. In Canada and in the United States , the descendants of the families of Roy, Le Roy that immigrated to North America have been granted
16-582: 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 royal assent . A legacy of a time prior to 1488 when parliamentary and judicial proceedings were conducted in Norman. In India, Roy is an anglicized variant of the surname Rai , likewise meaning "king". Rai (title)
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