The Roi Family Name

Roi is an established spelling of the French surname Roy. Roi writes “i” in place of the “y” found in Roy, a typical scribal difference. The name is generally explained as “King”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The same family of names includes Le Roy and Leroy.

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