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Originally, Roye was a nickname for a person with red hair. Roye is a nickname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Roye comes from the Gaelic word ruadh, which means red. Thus, the original bearers of the surname Roye would have been known for their red hair, or possibly, a ruddy complexion.
The surname Roye was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat from very early times, where some say before the Millenium.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Roye research. Another 116 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1488, 1527, 1550 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Roye History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations were extremely common in medieval names, since scribes from that era recorded names according to sound rather than a standard set of rules. Roye has appeared in various documents spelled Roy, Roys, Roye, Roi, McRoy and others.
Another 45 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Roye Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Roye is the 12,145th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Another 70 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Descendents of Dalriadan-Scottish families still populate many communities across North America. They are particularly common in Canada, since many went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the American War of Independence. Much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the highland games and Clan societies that now dot North America sprang up, allowing many Scots to recover their lost national heritage. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Roye, or a variant listed above: