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Maccoy
How to Pronounce Maccoy
Pronounced muh-KOY /məˈkɔɪ/Low
Meaning: Maccoy is a spelled-out form of the surname McCoy, an anglicization of the Gaelic Mac Aodha, 'son of Aodh.' Aodh was an old Gaelic personal name linked to a pagan sun-and-fire deity, so it carries a sense of 'fire.' Used as a first name, Maccoy reads as a rugged surname-name; the phrase 'the real McCoy,' meaning the genuine article, adds a note of authenticity.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Maccoy spells out the surname McCoy, from the Gaelic Mac Aodha, 'son of Aodh,' an old name tied to fire. As a given name it belongs to the modern taste for Scottish and Irish surnames used up front, and it comes trailing the well-worn phrase 'the real McCoy.' We give its heritage plainly as a fire-rooted Gaelic surname.
Maccoy was never common, given to only about fourteen boys a year around 1999 and staying rare beside the usual surname spelling. A boy named Maccoy then is in his mid-twenties today, born in the surname-name wave that lifted McCoy, McCabe, and similar names into first-name use.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Maccoy mean?
It is a form of the Scottish and Irish surname McCoy, from Mac Aodha, 'son of Aodh,' an old name tied to fire.
How do you pronounce Maccoy?
It is said muh-KOY /məˈkɔɪ/ - two syllables, stress on the last.
Is Maccoy a boy or girl name?
Maccoy is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Maccoy?
It was always rare, given to only about fourteen boys a year at its peak in the late nineteen-nineties.