Hoy.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
Where this word comes from
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).
An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29).
A small uninhabited island of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).
Where this word comes from
From Orkney and Shetland Scots Hoy, from Old Norse há (“high”) + ey (“island”).
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