Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings English : Son of the king Boy name variations Royce Royce - 5% this year Masculine Uncommon Find out more Roice Roice 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Royce.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Røyse, from Old Norse hreysi ‘heap of stones’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reus (or the variant Reuse), Reuss (or the variant Reusse).