as a Last Name
- 118,531
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mccoy
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Limerick): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha ‘son of Aodh’, an ancient personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus it has the same origin as McGee, McKay and McKee.
| 254th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 118,531
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Mccoy per capita
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