Leeroy
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name transferred from the surname
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/liːɹɔɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Leeroy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 115K
- USUnited States1 in 4.9Kas Leroy
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Leeroy itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
67,707 named Leroy, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Zimbabwe, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Leeroy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 67,707as Leroy | 1 in 4.9K | 68K | Leeroy | 203 |
| ZW Zimbabwe | #500 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Leeroy | 15 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Leeroy | 35 |
| GY Guyana | — | 871as Leroy | 1 in 861 | 871 | — | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 115K | 8.3K | Leeroy | 132 |
| SE Sweden | — | 168as Leroy | 1 in 61K | 168 | Leeroy | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 129 | 1 in 134K | 129 | Leeroy | 18 |
67,707 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling leroy. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Leeroy Antonb. 1985FRFrench association football player
- Bill Antoniob. 2002ZWnot in their usual nameZimbabwean footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.1K | #7,192 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2.1K | #208 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 129 | #3,794 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 100 | #8,018 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 33 | #18,117 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 32 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 14 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 12 | #582 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4 | #7,192 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Leeroy mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name transferred from the surname. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Leeroy?
- A machine transcription gives /liːɹɔɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Leeroy a male or female name?
- Leeroy is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Leeroy have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 68 thousand people named Leroy, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Leeroy?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 129 people named Leeroy, about 1 in 134 thousand residents.
- How common is Leeroy compared with other names?
- In Zimbabwe, Leeroy is the 500th most common given name of 4,125 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Leeroy?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/leeroyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leeroy” — the 500th most common given name in Zimbabwe. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.