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McCoy Language(s)
Gaelic Meaning "son of
Aodh " Region of origin
Kintyre ,
Scotland and
Connacht ,
Ireland 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 (born 1933), American sports broadcaster
Al McCoy (1894–1966), middleweight champion boxer
Alban McCoy (born 1951), British priest and writer, former Catholic Chaplain of Cambridge University
Alfred McCoy (1899–1990), American college sports coach
Alfred W. McCoy (born 1945), American author and scholar of the Asian
heroin drug trade
Alice McCoy (born 1948), member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
Andy McCoy (born 1962), Finnish guitarist of
Hanoi Rocks
Barry M. McCoy (born 1940), 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 (1904–1980), American collegiate athletic director
Ernie McCoy (1921-2001),
Formula One driver
Ethel Bergstresser McCoy (1893–1980), of
New York City
Frank Ross McCoy (1874-1954),
United States Army officer
Freddie McCoy (1932-2009), American soul-jazz
vibraphonist
Frederick McCoy (1823–1899), British
palaeontologist
Garry McCoy (born 1972), Australian motorcycle racer
George McCoy (born 1948), author of a guide to sexual services in Britain
George Walter McCoy (1876-1952), American physician
Gerald McCoy (born 1988), 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 (1916-1995), 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 (1837-1913), 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 (born 1967), American artist
Kevin McCoy (born 1954), 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
LisaRaye McCoy (born 1967), American actress
Maimie McCoy (born 1979), English actress
Mark McCoy , musician
Marvin McCoy (born 1988), professional footballer
Mary Eleanora McCoy (1846-1923), American
philanthropist , organizer, and
clubwoman
Matt McCoy (born 1958), American actor
Matt McCoy (born 1982), American football
linebacker
Matt McCoy (born 1966), member of the
Iowa Senate
Mike McCoy (disambiguation) , multiple people
Neal McCoy (born 1958), American country music singer
Neal Henry McCoy (1905–2001), American mathematician
Obed McCoy (born 1997) West Indies
cricket player
Papa Charlie McCoy (1909–1950), American musician
Paul McCoy , musician
Randolph McCoy (1825-1914) of the
Hatfield–McCoy feud , also called Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.
Richard McCoy, Jr. (1942-1974),
airplane hijacker
Richard McCoy (1863–1942), Australian politician
Richard B. McCoy (died 1902), American politician
Rico McCoy (born 1987), American football player
Robert McCoy (died 1849), member of the
United States House of Representatives
Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926), United States National Guard officer
Rose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), American songwriter
Simon McCoy (born 1961), 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
Timothy McCoy (1955-1972), American murder victim who was killed by
John Wayne Gacy
Tony McCoy (born 1974), Irish
National Hunt jockey
Travis McCoy (born 1981), 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
McCoy, in the 1975-1976 TV series
McCoy played by
Tony Curtis
The McCoys in the 1957-1963 TV series
The Real McCoys :
Alice McCoy , in the 2001-2002 TV series
Digimon Tamers
Brian McCoy, in the 1938 film
The Crowd Roads played by
Frank Morgan and the 1947 remake
Killer McCoy played by
James Dunn
Buddy McCoy, in the 1984 film Truckin' Buddy McCoy played by
Terence Knox
Danny McCoy , in the 2003-2008 TV series
Las Vegas played by
Josh Duhamel
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 TV series
Law & Order played by
Sam Waterston
Jake McCoy, in the TV series
Chicago P.D. played by
Billy Burke
Job "Blue Streak" McCoy, in the 1920 lost film
Blue Streak McCoy played by
Harry Carey
Josie McCoy , in the
Josie and the Pussycats franchise
Mrs. Laura McCoy, in the 1947 film
Killer McCoy played by
Gloria Holden
Dr. Leonard H. McCoy , in
Star Trek: The Original Series ,
Star Trek: The Animated Series and six
Star Trek films
Ray McCoy, the main character of the 1997 video game
Blade Runner
Rebecca McCoy, in the TV series
Law & Order played by Elizabeth Waterston and Jamie Schofield
Rob McCoy, in the 2001-2002 TV series
Digimon Tamers
Sherman McCoy, in the 1987 novel
The Bonfire of the Vanities by
Tom Wolfe
Skip McCoy, in the 1953 film
Pickup on South Street played by
Richard Widmark
Tommy "Killer" McCoy, in the 1938 film
The Crowd Roars played by
Robert Taylor and the 1947 remake
Killer McCoy played by
Mickey Rooney
Willie "Slim" McCoy, in the 1972 song "
You Don't Mess Around with Jim " by
Jim Croce
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