Elroy

Where Elroy comes from

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Leroy, but with the le in "Leroy" being replaced with its corresponding equivalent in Spanish el.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elroy
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Elroy through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #438
    192 babies named Elroy, the most in any year.
  3. 1923
    Elroy Hirsch born
    American football player and executive
  4. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #610.
  5. 1951
    Elroy Turner born
    Antigua and Barbuda sprinter (* 1951)
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, a pseudo-Hispanic variant of Leroy.
Namesakes
  • Elroy Hirsch · American football player and executive, 1923–2004
  • Elroy Turner · Antigua and Barbuda sprinter (* 1951), born 1951
  • Elroy Pappot · Dutch footballer, born 1993
  • Elroy Kromheer · Dutch footballer, born 1970
  • Elroy M. Avery · American politician, 1844–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.