Male name
Roy
889 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 22.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Roy”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 53 births. 889 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 191 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1947: 7,592 births. 411,331 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 18th among boys' names in 1889. It is still given: 2,684 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1974: 53 births. 1,136 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It really came into use around 1967. It is still given: 21 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 974* | 1915–2025 | — |
| France | 825 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 312 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Quebec | 170 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 36 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
9 + 6 + 7 = 22
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
6 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 7 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 6 · responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.