Etymology

Elroy

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Today it means: A male given name originating as a coinage, a pseudo-Hispanic variant of Leroy. Full definition →

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The story

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Leroy, but with the le in "Leroy" being replaced with its corresponding equivalent in Spanish el.

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