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I can’t say that I like this name, unless it has honoring significance.

This message was edited 5/24/2023, 7:32 AM

Not the first century it's been used. It's pretentious and silly but nothing new, iirc it was the name of Laura Ingalls brother in law 180 years ago. Will have to check now.

I overwhelmingly agree. I also think it would be a ROYAL pain to have to through life with such a name. It's uber pretentious, and sets the kid up with a lifetime of never ending remarks.

Seems pretty daft to me. I've never seen it used IRL, in fact I've only ever seen Princess and Queen used as given names. A family member, who was a lecturer, had a class once that contained a Queen Elizabeth Lastname.

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If people want a longer form of Roy, so that Roy could be a nn, I suppose Royal would do. But I don't see the point. My BIL (Scottish mother) is Roy, and appropriately has red hair. Probably because of him, I like Roy very much.

It’s not that bad. A bit pretentious, perhaps, but not as bad as princess. Roy is a cute nickname. And besides there is some historical usage; Laura’s brother in law in the Little House on the Prairie series has this name.

To me it comes off like a surname name basically. Sounds like an elaboration of Roy, and also like Doyle.
I don't like it personally. I never have liked Roy, and have used "royal" as a slang intensifier (negative) much more often than I've used it to mean noble or kingly.
But I think I'd hardly notice it more than Roy, if I were introduced to someone with it and asked to call them that.

Yup, ridiculous