Re: Surname Hoy
More likely Irish; Hoy is found in Northern Ireland as another version of Hoey, whoch can be for Ó hAoidh (O'Hea) or Ó hEochaidh (O'Haughey).
Hoy is also an English surname "Middle Dutch hoey 'cargo ship'. Metonymic for a sailor" (Reaney and Wilson, "Dictionary...").
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Surname Hoy  ·  Nicola  ·  9/4/2007, 11:07 AM
Re: Surname Hoy  ·  Jim Young  ·  9/7/2007, 11:18 AM
Re: Surname Hoy  ·  kim  ·  2/26/2008, 1:24 PM