Goy

Goy

See also: goy, göy, gøy, and goþ

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)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goy is the 40672^nd 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

Noun

Goy (plural Goyim)

1. Alternative letter-case form of goy

Anagrams

• ygo