Hoey Family History
Hoey Name Meaning
Irish (Louth): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEochaidh ‘descendant of Eochaidh’ a variant of Eachaidh a personal name meaning ‘horseman’ (a derivative of each ‘horse’). Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named Hoøy from Old Norse hór ‘high’ + ey ‘island’. This surname is very rare in Norway. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 許 see Xu
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022