Delroy
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Delroy is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. In St. Vincent & Grenadines it is the 48th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Old French; of the king.
- GYGuyana1 in 1.5K◐
- JMJamaica1 in 4K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 70K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈3.3K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 235 ●
- 1 in 1.5K ◐
across 5 countries
recorded for this name
35K records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Old French; of the king
Sources 1
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Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | 2,950 | 2.3K rec. | — | listed | Delroy | 106 |
| US United States | — | 2,649 | 28K rec. | 1 in 126K | 2.6K | Delroy | 235 |
| JM Jamaica | #58 | 1,183 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Delroy | 26 |
| CA Canada | — | 512 | 539 rec. | — | — | Delroy | 60 |
| GY Guyana | #82 | 510 | 577 rec. | 1 in 1.5K | 510 | Delroy | 4 |
| AU Australia | — | 447 | 587 rec. | — | — | Delroy | 33 |
| MA Morocco | — | 160 | 161 rec. | — | — | Delroy | 5 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 123 | 129 rec. | — | — | Delroy | 14 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | #48 | 107 | 2 rec. | — | 107 | Delroy | 3 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 75 | 0 rec. | 1 in 68K | 75 | — | 1 |
| DE Germany | — | 51 | 52 rec. | — | listed | Delroy | 19 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 45 | 48 rec. | 1 in 384K | 45 | Delroy | 16 |
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Languages●
- English35K84%
- Spanish2K5%
- 5171%
- French3411%
- English (Jamaica)2851%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 35,307 | 84% |
| Spanish | 2,047 | 5% |
| 517 | 1% | |
| French | 341 | 1% |
| English (Jamaica) | 285 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Delroy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Apparently an altered form of LEROY , perhaps representing the Old French phrase del roy ‘(son, servant) of the king’. It is used chiefly among West Indians in Britain.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 9 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 12 |
| 1926 | 16 |
| 1927 | 9 |
| 1928 | 12 |
| 1929 | 8 |
| 1930 | 15 |
| 1931 | 16 |
| 1932 | 14 |
| 1933 | 18 |
| 1934 | 13 |
| 1935 | 22 |
| 1936 | 22 |
| 1937 | 33 |
| 1938 | 21 |
| 1939 | 16 |
| 1940 | 25 |
| 1941 | 23 |
| 1942 | 15 |
| 1943 | 12 |
| 1944 | 20 |
| 1945 | 18 |
| 1946 | 16 |
| 1947 | 11 |
| 1948 | 14 |
| 1949 | 10 |
| 1950 | 11 |
| 1951 | 14 |
| 1952 | 11 |
| 1953 | 18 |
| 1954 | 9 |
| 1955 | 23 |
| 1956 | 21 |
| 1957 | 19 |
| 1958 | 17 |
| 1959 | 17 |
| 1960 | 14 |
| 1961 | 22 |
| 1962 | 17 |
| 1963 | 17 |
| 1964 | 20 |
| 1965 | 15 |
| 1966 | 18 |
| 1967 | 9 |
| 1968 | 13 |
| 1969 | 7 |
| 1971 | 18 |
| 1972 | 13 |
| 1973 | 11 |
| 1974 | 13 |
| 1975 | 9 |
| 1976 | 10 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1978 | 6 |
| 1979 | 14 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1981 | 15 |
| 1982 | 24 |
| 1983 | 22 |
| 1984 | 15 |
| 1985 | 18 |
| 1986 | 13 |
| 1987 | 19 |
| 1988 | 19 |
| 1989 | 29 |
| 1990 | 21 |
| 1991 | 22 |
| 1992 | 34 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 18 |
| 1996 | 16 |
| 1997 | 19 |
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 100 years between 1916–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Delroy Scottb. 1947JMJamaican footballer (1947-2018)
- Delroy Wilsonb. 1948JMJamaican singer (1948–1995)
- Delroy Lindob. 1952GBBritish-born American actor (born 1952)
- Delroy Washingtonb. 1952JMReggae singer
- Junior Reidb. 1963JMnot in their usual nameJamaican reggae and dancehall singer
- Delroy Pearsonb. 1970GBBritish singer (1970-)
- Delroy Leslieb. 1970JMJamaican boxer
- Delroy Faceyb. 1980GBBritish footballer (born 1980)
- Delroy Jamesb. 1987GYAmerican basketball player
- Brandon Perlmanb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican electronic music producer
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 17 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.6K | #6,122 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 510 | #181 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 107 | #47 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 75 | #2,571 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 45 | #7,137 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026 | 2026 | 36 | #75 |
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 36 | #114 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 34 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1937 | 33 | — |
| DM Dominica | Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025 | 2025 | 31 | #129 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 29 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 25 | #17,304 |
Reference works 1
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 117 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Delroy?
- We estimate roughly 3.3 thousand people bear Delroy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Delroy have the most bearers?
- Delroy is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled delroy.
- Where is Delroy most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Delroy is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Delroy compared with other names?
- In St. Vincent & Grenadines, Delroy is the 48th most common given name of 2,372 given names recorded there.
- Is Delroy a male or female name?
- Delroy 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.
- What does the name Delroy mean?
- Recorded meaning: Old French; of the king
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Delroy” — the 48th most common given name in St. Vincent & Grenadines. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.