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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #438
    192 babies named Elroy — more than any year before or since.
  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.