Royals: Surname History and Family Crest

Royals is a spelling of the English surname Royal. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Royal / kingly”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Royals surname had 1,307 bearers.
• The extra ending in Royals is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Royal's family.
• The same family of names includes Royall.

Family crest and blazon

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