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Around the globe, Леру (Leroux , Леру ) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Леру is characteristic of France, where it is a rare unisex name, South Africa, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Much more frequently, Леру is the last name as well as the forename.
Леру is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leroux , the operatic character in the opera Volo di notte and Leroux , the operatic character in the opera Der Stier von Olivera.