THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Roy
Roy is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett, Roy Alvarez. This snapshot links the name to 12 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From various sources: Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Roy
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Roy Alvarez
filmmaker
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett
editor of the Manila Bulletin, Japanese P.O.W.
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
22
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
12
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett, Roy Alvarez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Roy in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Roy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Rob♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rod♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Rody♂Short form of Rodelio, Rodolfo, and Rodrigo
- Roi♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Romy♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ron♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rony♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Rory♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Roy?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Roy
11 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Arnel Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Christopher Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- David Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Edwin Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Martin Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Michael Roy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Roy Francisco·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Roy Heherson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Roy further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2170752 — Roy (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2170752 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Roy Alvarez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2170752 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Roy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.