Meaning of Roy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of run of year.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. A king.
   archaic, formal
3. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
   countable
4. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
5. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
   countable, uncountable
6. A surname from Old French.
   countable, uncountable
7. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
   countable, uncountable
8. A surname from Bengali.
   countable, uncountable
9. A placename
   countable, uncountable
10. A city in Utah, United States.
    countable, uncountable
11. A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“- - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?" "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..." "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew. "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy Trent from Roy."”

“On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.”

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