Noy
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See also: noy
English
Etymology
Several origins:
- A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah.
- Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”)
- Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”)
- Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Proper noun
Noy (plural Noys)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Noy is the 34618th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 653 individuals. Noy is most common among White (41.19%), Asian/Pacific Islander (29.1%) and Hispanic/Latino (21.13%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Noy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 682.