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Soy.

A surname.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Various origins: * Borrowed from Khmer សយ (sɑɑy, “mane”), probably a nickname. * Probably a clipping of Soya, a surname of Kashmiri origin. * Borrowed from Turkish Soy, a nickname from soy (“ancestry, lineage, descent”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.