Fitzroy (surname)
Appearance
![]() "Roy" Edward III, Bruges Garter Book. | |
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Anglo-Norman |
Meaning | Son of the King |
Region of origin | England |
Other names | |
Related names | Fitz, Roy, Leroy, Leroi |
Fitzroy or FitzRoy is a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman Fi(t)z, meaning "son of", and Roy, meaning "king".[1][2][3] The name implied the original bearer was a son of the king.[4]
Surname
[edit]- Cecil Fitzroy (1844–1917), New Zealand politician
- Edi Fitzroy (1955–2017), Jamaican reggae singer
- Emily Fitzroy (1860–1954), English actress in the USA
- Maurice Fitzroy (1897–1976), English cricketer
- Nancy Deloye Fitzroy (1927–2024), American engineer
- Olga Fitzroy, (b. 1981 or 1982), German-born British politician and sound engineer
- Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865), Royal Navy officer, Captain of HMS Beagle
References
[edit]- ^ "Fitzroy". Dictionary of American family names. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
Irish: Anglo-Norman French patronymic from fi(t)z 'son' (see Fitz ) + Roy 'king son of the king'. It is usually taken to imply that the original bearer was a bastard son of the king...
- ^ "Leroy". Dictionary of American family names. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
French: from Old French rey, roy 'king' (from Latin rex, genitive regis), with the definite article le.
- ^ Patrick Hankes (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. xcvii. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
Roy: English (of Norman origin): from Old French roi 'king' used as a nickname (see 3 below) and also as a personal name. French: from Old French rey roy 'king'. Compare Deroy and Leroy.
- ^ "Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1". Les roys de Engeltere. 1280–1300. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Five rectangles of red linen, formerly used as curtains for the miniatures.ff. 3–6: Eight miniatures of the kings of England from Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Edward I (r. 1272–1307); each one except the last is accompanied by a short account of their reign in Anglo-Norman prose. "Sir Lowys fiz le Roy Phylippe de Fraunce" "en engletere: le Roy Jon regna."
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