Laroy
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Laroy by the numbers
Laroy was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Laroy
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laroy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Laroy
Names that are said the same way as Laroy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Laurolaurel tree; symbol of honor17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Laroy
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