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I like Roy. It's sweet, and it ages well. I can picture a sweet little boy just as easily as I can picture a teenage or an adult. It's totally useable.

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~ Arcadia

I have an uncle Roy too, my mother's older brother. His name isn't short for anything afaik.

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Roy's the only person I know who's been in jail (a minor charge, presumably, but I don't know exactly what). He's looks like your typical scary biker, but is actually quite nice, albeit a little odd. He's very smart, like most of my family, but has difficulty dealing with people.

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He was also the only member of my immediate maternal family with whom we had a decent relationship. He's the only one who really cared about me and Jeannie, and Mom.

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So, yeah, the name Roy's got good connotations for me. It's quite unusual and somewhat dated nowadays too, which gets points from me.

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Miranda

I know a Roy. He's the leader of music for the kid's chrch. He's cool.

Roy was my brother in laws name. His full name was Roy Andrew. He died at an early age as did his uncle for whom he was named so my Dh and I will NEVER use that name for it seems to be unlucky in our family since neither Roy lived past 30 years old.

I like Royce with Roy as a nickanme. I don't think it's a "red-neck" name.