Coy


another Irish name, meaning of Son of Aodh, Aodh means fire, so the technical meaning is Son of Fire, which I like, which not only characterizes the dad well, but the son as well

Coy is a shortened form of McCoy/MacCoy, which is an anglicization of Mac Aodha (son of Aodh). Aodh means "fire" in Irish And Scottish Gaelic; Aodh was the king of the gods in Celtic mythology. However, the name Coy by itself is more often an English surname stemming from Coeia, a place name made from Anglo Saxon elements cu eg meaning "cow island." It is sometimes given as a first name because of its modern English meaning-- (according to Merriam-Webster) "marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness."

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