Given name & surname

Hoey

Hoey is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hoey comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hoey’s family of names

In English usage, Hoey has a related form in Howe. In English usage, Hoey as a surname has a related form in HAUGHEY.

Walk Hoey’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Hoey

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Hoey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish · Literary

Heeney

“God is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mccooey

“son of the hound of the plain”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Hulvey

“descendant of Ailmhac”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Halvey

“descendant of Ailmhac”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Hanvey

“descendant of Ainbhioth”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Hainey

Hainey is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Hynes

“God is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Irish

Haugh

“horse”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Hoey’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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