| Language(s) | Gaelic |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "son of Aodh" |
| Region of origin | Kintyre, Scotland and Connacht, Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | McKay, McKoy, McKey, McKee, McCay, McKie, McGee, Mac Aoidh, McHugh, Hughes, Hayes |
| Frequency Comparisons[1] | |
McCoy is a common surname of unrelated Scottish and Irish origin. It was anglicized into the Scottish name from the Irish McGee and McHugh surnames in Irish Mac Aodha.[2] It is an Anglicisation of its Irish form Mac Aodha, meaning son of Aodh (a name of a deity[3] in Irish mythology and an Irish word for "fire"[4]). The first bearers of the surname Mac Aodha were the grandsons of Aodh (died 1033), who was a son of Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh, King of South Connacht, Ireland.[5] The surname McCoy in Ulster however particularly in Northern Ireland is most likely from the gallowglass, Scottish mercenaries who came to Ireland in the 14th century, and the Scottish MacKays that arrived later in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Ulster plantations and became McCoys.[6]
People
- One of the families in the 19th century Hatfield-McCoy feud in Kentucky/West Virginia
- Al McCoy (announcer), American sports broadcaster
- Al McCoy (boxer) (1894–1966), middleweight champion boxer
- Alban McCoy (born 1951), British priest and writer, former Catholic Chaplain of Cambridge University
- Alfred McCoy (American football) (1899–1990), American college sports coach
- Alfred W. McCoy, American author and scholar of the Asian heroin drug trade
- Alice McCoy (politician), member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
- Andy McCoy, Finnish guitarist of Hanoi Rocks
- Barry M. McCoy, American physicist
- Bob McCoy (1934–2016), American basketball player and coach
- Brian McCoy (1943–1975), Irish musician, trumpet player
- Carl McCoy (born 1963), musician
- Charlie McCoy (born 1941), American musician
- Clyde McCoy (1903–1990), American jazz trumpeter
- Colt McCoy (born 1986), American football quarterback
- Dave McCoy (1915–2020), American businessman and skier
- Elaine McCoy (1946–2020), Canadian senator
- Elijah McCoy (1844–1929), inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, cited as the inspiration for the phrase "The Real McCoy"
- Erik McCoy (born 1997), American football player
- Ernie McCoy (athletic director) (1904–1980), American collegiate athletic director
- Ernie McCoy (racing driver), Formula One driver
- Ethel Bergstresser McCoy (1893–1980), of New York City
- Freddie McCoy (1932-2009), American soul-jazz vibraphonist
- Frederick McCoy (1823–1899), British palaeontologist
- Garry McCoy (born 1972), Australian motorcycle racer
- George McCoy, author of a guide to sexual services in Britain
- Gerald McCoy, American football player
- Gerry McCoy (born 1960), Scottish football player
- Horace McCoy (1897–1955), American writer
- Jack E. McCoy (1929-2014), American politician
- Jake McCoy (1942-2021), American hockey player
- Janet J. McCoy, American administrator and politician
- Jason McCoy (born 1970), Canadian singer/songwriter
- Jason L. McCoy (born 1971), Attorney, Mayor of the Town of Vernon, Connecticut Politician
- Jelani McCoy (born 1977), American basketball player
- Jeremy McCoy, (born 1963), American-Canadian double bassist with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- John McCoy (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph McCoy, 19th-century cattle baron
- Joseph H. McCoy (died 1897), Black American lynching victim
- Kansas Joe McCoy (1905–1950), American musician
- Kellen McCoy (born 1987), American basketball player and coach
- Kevin McCoy (artist) (born 1967), American artist
- Kevin McCoy (rector), rector of the Pontifical North American College.
- Kid McCoy (1872–1940), boxer (born Norman Selby)
- LeRon McCoy (born 1982), American football wide receiver
- LeSean McCoy (born 1988), American football running back
- Marvin McCoy (born 1988), professional footballer
- Matt McCoy (actor) (born 1958), American actor
- Matt McCoy (American football) (born 1982), American football linebacker
- Matt McCoy (Iowa politician), member of the Iowa Senate
- Mike McCoy (disambiguation), multiple people
- Obed McCoy (born 1997) West Indies cricket player
- Papa Charlie McCoy (1909–1950), American musician
- Paul McCoy, musician
- Randolph McCoy of the Hatfield–McCoy feud, also called Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.
- Richard McCoy, Jr., airplane hijacker
- Richard McCoy (politician) (1863–1942), Australian politician
- Richard B. McCoy (died 1902), American politician
- Rico McCoy, American football player
- Robert McCoy, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Robert Bruce McCoy, United States National Guard officer
- Rose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), American songwriter
- Simon McCoy, British journalist and newsreader
- Stephen McCoy (1948–1989), American serial killer
- Steve McCoy, radio morning show host
- Sylvester McCoy (born 1943), Scottish actor
- Tim McCoy (1891–1978), American actor
- Tony McCoy, Irish National Hunt jockey
- Travis McCoy, member of the hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes
- Van McCoy (1940–1979), music producer and songwriter
- Walter McCoy (disambiguation), multiple people
- William D. McCoy (1853–1893), American diplomat
- William S. McCoy (1877–1948), American rum–runner
- Wilson McCoy (1902–1961), American artist and cartoonist
Fictional characters
- Alice McCoy (Digimon), in Digimon Tamers
- Danny McCoy, in Las Vegas, a TV series
- Ebenezar McCoy, a mentor in the book series: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
- Dr. Henry "Hank" P. McCoy, aka 'Beast' from Marvel Comics' X-Men
- Jack McCoy, in the Law & Order TV series
- Josie McCoy, in the Josie and the Pussycats franchise
- Leonard McCoy, a doctor on Star Trek: The Original Series
- Ray McCoy, the main character of the 1997 video game Blade Runner
- Sherman McCoy, in The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Willie "Slim" McCoy, in the 1972 song "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" by Jim Croce
See also
References
- ↑ "McCoy Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ↑ "McGee Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms".
- ↑ "Aodh - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ↑ "aodh - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ↑ Martyn, Adrian (2019). Irish Surnames: Origins and Development. Ireland: Adrian Martyn. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-9955025-1-2.
- ↑ https://selectsurnames.com/mccoy/
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