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Sommario
- Leroy is not in the Bible and has no Hebrew origin. It comes from the French le roi, “the king,” from Latin rex.
- Leroy is a common French surname and has been an English boy’s name since the 19th century; in the United States it ranked in the top 100 from 1881 to 1948.
- The Hebrew word for king, melech, is itself a name in the Bible: Melech, a descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:35; 9:41).
- Hebrews 7:2 translates the name Melchizedek as “king of righteousness.”
- The Latin word behind Leroy, rex, is in the inscription on the cross, Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, the source of the letters INRI (John 19:19–20).
- The Latin title on the cross, Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (INRI), uses rex, the word from which roi and Leroy descend.
Bibliografia (Clicca per mostrare)
- Behind the Name, “Leroy,” “Leroi,” “Roy,” “Ruadh,” “Melech” and “Abimelech,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data; the “Leroy” entry cites Cleveland Kent Evans, The Great Big Book of Baby Names (Publications International, 2006), p. 202. https://www.behindthename.com/name/leroy
- Behind the Name surnames, “Leroy” and “Rey,” with its ranking of French surnames. https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/leroy
- “Le Roy Froom,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Roy_Froom
- “Jesus, King of the Jews,” Wikipedia, on the inscription and INRI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus,_King_of_the_Jews
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version: 1 Chronicles 8:33–35; 9:39–41; Hebrews 7:1–2; John 19:19–20.
