Modern take on Roy

Hello there!

[name_f]My[/name_f] grandfather recently passed and as my husband and I are getting closer to taking the plunge of trying to conceive, we have been “spitballing” names that we would like to keep in the family. I was personally never a huge fan of my grandfather’s name, [name_u]Roy[/name_u], but with his passing I have discovered a newfound tenderness for this name. He was a man of true humility and strength, both physical and spiritual. I truly want to carry on his legacy in a name for one of my future children. Any ideas on how to incorporate this name into options for girl and boy names? I am not opposed to keeping it as is for a middle name as long as the first name kind of balances it out.

I am not fond of “made up” names (for lack of a better term) but I do like unique and uncommon names, as well as timeless classics ( for example, some of my favorites are [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_u]Sparrow[/name_u], [name_f]Amethyst[/name_f], [name_m]Cecil[/name_m], [name_u]Bodhi[/name_u], [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_u]Tempest[/name_u], and [name_m]Fisher[/name_m]). None of these are set in stone, but just to kind of set the tone of what my taste in names entails, I hope this was somewhat helpful!

Any name combos or modern interpretations of [name_u]Roy[/name_u] would be greatly appreciated! Also, our last name is [name_u]Lee[/name_u], which is incredibly hard to prevent falling down the rhyming name rabbit hole! :joy:

There’s the possibility of using the name [name_u]Royce[/name_u]! [name_m]Even[/name_m] as a middle name possibility. It has [name_u]Roy[/name_u] incorporated and to me if feels a little more namey and unique. I feel like it could be pretty unisex too sort of like [name_u]Reese[/name_u].

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was [name_u]Royal[/name_u], but I’m not sure about it with the surname. [name_u]Royal[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] sounds like ‘royally’. :woman_shrugging:t3:

Maybe use [name_u]Roy[/name_u] as the middle name? Something like [name_u]Bodhi[/name_u] [name_u]Roy[/name_u] would be cool!

Or what about Rory for something similar?

I was going to say [name_u]Rory[/name_u] also.

What about [name_u]Rey[/name_u], [name_u]Ray[/name_u] or [name_u]Rei[/name_u]?

Maybe [name_m]Fitzroy[/name_m], [name_m]Riordan[/name_m], [name_u]Rory[/name_u] or [name_m]Troy[/name_m]?

I definitely think
[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Royce[/name_u]
[name_m]Royston[/name_m]