Noy

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)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Noy is the 34618^th 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.

Anagrams

• Yon, yon