Goffey Family History
Goffey Name Meaning
reduced from Mag Eochaidh or Mag Eochadha see the variant McGaughey of McCaughey . Other Irish surnames such as Murphy show the possible interchange of sounds between [x] the 'voiceless velar fricative' and f: compare the English word 'cough'.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021