Hoy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).

Hoy (countable and uncountable, plural Hoys)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoy is the 3855^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9196 individuals. Hoy is most common among White (85.3%) individuals.

From Orkney and Shetland Scots Hoy, from Old Norse há (“high”) + ey (“island”).

Hoy

1. An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29).
2. A small uninhabited island of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).

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