Royal Family History
Royal Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Royle in Burnley (Lancashire) so named from Old English rā ‘roe deer’ + hyll ‘hill’. The surname may have been confused with Rial . Americanized form of German Reul or Reule . Possibly also an Americanized form of Spanish and Portuguese Real .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022