Goy
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English
Etymology 1
Various origins:
- English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy.
- Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo.
- Borrowed from French Goy, a metonymic occupational surname for a farmer, from Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”).
- Borrowed from Hokkien 倪 (gê); compare Ni, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
Proper noun
Goy (plural Goys)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Goy is the 40672nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Goy is most common among White (76.72%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (8.94%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71.
Etymology 2
Noun
Goy (plural Goyim)
- Alternative letter-case form of goy
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Goy m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician