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Coey

Coey proper noun: a surname from Old French.

Proper noun

Coey (plural Coeys)

  1. A surname from Old French.

Forms of Coey

pluralCoeys

Origin of Coey

From Old French coi (“shy, coy, timid”), a nickname for a shy person. It could also be a variant of Cowie.

Questions about Coey

What does Coey mean?
Coey means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Coey?
Coey is a proper noun.

Words near Coey in the dictionary

  1. coextracts
  2. coextrude
  3. coextruded
  4. coextrusion
  5. coextrusions
  6. Coey
  7. Coeymans
  8. Coeys
  9. COF
  10. COFA
  11. cofacial

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