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Roy.
Wdyt? I had an amazing great-uncle named this and it's very much a name I would like to pass on. His first name was Royal...and there is no way that I'd ever use it. He only went by Roy and thought of his name as a joke.I am just really liking the name overall as well. It just has a neat aura to it - very earthy to me. Honest opinions.
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It just makes me think of an old (er, 50 or so) man.Either a redneck (guh, how I hate that word, but it's the best image I can convey) or a doctor who researches cancer. (The reason for the extreme difference in mental images is because I once played a guessing game with a classmate where I tried to guess his dad's name... and it was Roy. And he's a doctor. End useless anecdote.)I just don't see it as a name that fits you, KWIM? However, if it's to honor your uncle (especially one that you're so fond of), then I think that could trump all other perceptions.
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I'm not fond of it. It has a very hillbilly quality for me, and I picture it as being half of a double name like Roy Eddie or Donald Roy. Also, I don't think it flows off the tongue very well, I can't tell the difference between Roy and Rory easily.
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Second one (that I've read) who has said thatThat was a bit of a worry and one of the reasons I've stayed away from using Roy. What would your view be on a male Roi?
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RoiDespite its Hebrew origins as name, Roi looks very full of itself to me in a "Vive le roi" way. It wouldn't make a particularly appealing impression on me if someone named their kid "king."
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It looks misspelled, even though I know it isn't. Looks kind of like a nn, or like it was chopped off from some longer word/name. If you pronounce it the French way, which sounds to my ear something like Rwah, I like it even less.I'd almost prefer you use Leroy. lol
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Roi, pronounced as you say..is a common-ish last name in my area.
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Lol.Well, I'll strike Roi off unless I move back to the DC area.
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I have to be a voice of dissent and say I don't care for it. Roy is too down-home for me, a good ol' boy whose rednecked and rightwinged.
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That would be a worry as wellI might go for Roi just to distance myself from that stereotype.
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Ditto that.
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I'm going to have to go against the grain and say that I don't like it. It's one of those names that is both dated and flat-out ugly to me, kind of like Gerald, Ronald, or Larry. Roy has a sort of 1960's small-town corn-fed feel to me, and in a more unattractive than quaintly nostalgic way. An uncle of my mother's suggested that she name me Royal after himself. :-P His name was Roy, anglicized from Rocco.
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Roy Battyand I am not even that big a movie or sci fi buff. Anyway the character kind of reveals the potential of the name for me - ultra butch, with a hint of scary twistedness. I'm in favor.
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I like it. It's my brother's favorite name and has been for some time, so I figure I might have a little nephew Roy someday. :DI actually rather like Royal, too - but that might be because my high school was the LHS Royals, so it's a little bit of high school loyalty mixed with honoring for me. But since my brother has dibs on Roy, I'd never use it.But yeah, I think Roy is great and would be nice and kind of unexpected with all the Aidans/Jadens/Cadens/Braydens running around.
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It's nice, and it's great that you have such a good namesake for it (Royal is apalling however). Incidentally, Roy (possibly transcribed Roi?) is also a modern Hebrew name, quite common amongst young Israeli men.
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Roi's on my list. :-DDouble meaning. Ty. Remember, though, that Royal was born nearly 100 years ago, dirt poor, parents with no education and who were recent immigrants. So I understand why it was chosen.
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I'm sure Royal's parents had their reasons for picking the name, but in a modern context it would be a really awkard name, especially professionally.
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I knew a RoiHe was forever refered to as "Roi with an 'i'"
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I think it's nice. I used to know a guy named Roy, who was very nice and polite to me (although he was a trouble maker). I think it's very refreshing after all the trendies :)
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Roy is just so, unexpected. It's great :) I mean it's just so well known, easy and simple, but people have seen to have forgotton about it. I would love to meet a Roy, which I couldn't say for Royal I'm afraid!Though if you were to use Roy Allan, the Royal can be seen in there, just a thought.
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Not sure if I'd use Roy Allan.But it's an awesome idea, ty!
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I know a Roy who is very awkward so that's what I think of first.Association aside, I think it's okay. The "oi" sound sticks out to me, but the R softens it out a bit. It also seems a bit nicknamey to me. Not a name I'd use but it clearly is a wonderful namesake in your case. What if you used it as a nn for Reuben?
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