Roy (first name)

Roy is a Celtic given name, was originally mainly in Ireland and means "red / red-haired".

The name Roy can also have biblical, that is, Hebrew roots. It is then the Hebrew word ro'e (רועה) for "shepherd" with the attached possessive ending -i (י), which is mainly used in Biblical Hebrew. In modern Hebrew, in Ivrit , a newly formed possessive pronoun based on Indo-European models is usually used for a property relationship , consisting of the elements she- (ש) "which / which / which", le (ל) for "to" and the Hebrew possesive- The ending, here "-i", exists. The Ivrit expression ro'e scheli (רועה שלי) for "my shepherd" is actually the following subordinate clause construction: a shepherd who (belongs) to me.

Name bearer

• Roy Andersson (* 1943), Swedish film director
• Roy Bargy (1894–1974), American pianist
• Roy Chester Bell (1907–1977), American baseball player
• Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014), British philosopher
• Roy Black (actually Gerhard Höllerich) (1943–1991), German pop singer and actor
• Roy Blankenburg (* 1986), German soccer player
• Roy Buchanan (1936 / 1939–1988), American guitarist
• Roy Chipolina (born 1983), Gibraltar football player
• Roy Clark (1933-2018), American country musician
• Roy Dowling (1901–1969), Australian naval officer
• Roy Dupuis (born 1963), Canadian actor
• Roy Etzel (1925–2015), German trumpeter and band leader
• Roy Gerards (* 1989), Dutch pool player
• Roy Hodgson (* 1947), English football player and coach
• Roy Horn (1944–2020), magician of the Siegfried and Roy duo
• Roy Jenkins (1920–2003), British politician
• Roy Jones Jr. (* 1969), American boxer
• Roy Keane (born 1971), Irish football player
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), American artist
• Roy Peter Link (* 1982), German actor
• Roy Makaay (* 1975), Dutch football player
• Roy William Neill (1887–1946), Irish actor
• Roy Neuberger (1903–2010), American financier and art patron
• Roy Newman (musician) (1899–1981), American country musician
• Roy Newman (racing driver) (1922–1970), American racing car driver
• Roy Orbison (1936–1988), American musician
• Roy Pellett (1935-2019), British jazz musician
• Roy Ravana Junior (1993-2014), Fijian athlete
• Roy Rogers (1911-1998), American country singer
• Roy Saari (1945-2008), American swimmer
• Roy Salvadori (1922–2012), British racing car driver
• Roy Scheider (1932–2008), American actor
• Lee Roy Selmon (1954-2011), American football player
• Roy Simmons (1956-2014), American football player
• Roy Spring (* 1963), Swiss journalist, author and PR expert
• Roy Steffensen (* 1980), Norwegian politician