Leroy biography

Leroy, also Leeroy, LeeRoy, Lee Roy, LeRoy, Le Roy or Roy is both a male given name and a surname.

France

In France, this family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings who migrated to Amigny, a commune in Manche, Normandy.^[1][2][3][4] The derivation is from the Old Frenchroy, roi (French pronunciation:[ʁwa]), meaning "king", which was a byname used before the Norman Conquest and a personal name in the Middle Ages.^[5]

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)^[6][7][8] of the Roy family in France.^[9][10][11]

In Canada and in the United States, the descendants of the families of Roy, Le Roy that immigrated to North America have been granted a coat of arms by the Governor General of C