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McCoy Language(s) Gaelic Meaning "son of Aodh Region of origin Kintyre , Scotland and Connacht , Ireland Variant form(s) McKay , McKoy, McKey, McKee , McCay, McKie, McGee , Mac Aoidh , McHugh , Hughes, HayesFrequency Comparisons[ 1]
McCoy is a common surname of unrelated Scottish and Irish origin. It was anglicized into the Scottish name from the Irish McGee and McHugh surnames in Irish Mac Aodha.[ 2] Anglicisation of its Irish form Mac Aodha, meaning son of Aodh (a name of a deity [ 3] fire "[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
One of the families in the 19th century Hatfield-McCoy feud in Kentucky /West Virginia
Al McCoy (born 1933), American sports broadcasterAl McCoy (1894–1966), middleweight champion boxerAlban McCoy (born 1951), British priest and writer, former Catholic Chaplain of Cambridge UniversityAlfred McCoy (1899–1990), American college sports coachAlfred W. McCoy (born 1945), American author and scholar of the Asian heroin drug tradeAlice McCoy (born 1948), member of the South Dakota House of Representatives Andy McCoy (born 1962), Finnish guitarist of Hanoi Rocks Barry M. McCoy (born 1940), American physicistBob McCoy (1934–2016), American basketball player and coachBrian McCoy (1943–1975), Irish musician, trumpet playerCarl McCoy (born 1963), musicianCharlie McCoy (born 1941), American musicianClyde McCoy (1903–1990), American jazz trumpeterColt McCoy (born 1986), American football quarterback Dave McCoy (1915–2020), American businessman and skierElaine McCoy (1946–2020), Canadian senatorElijah McCoy (1844–1929), inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, cited as the inspiration for the phrase "The real McCoy "Erik McCoy (born 1997), American football playerErnie McCoy (1904–1980), American collegiate athletic directorErnie McCoy (1921-2001), Formula One driverEthel Bergstresser McCoy (1893–1980), of New York City Frank Ross McCoy (1874-1954), United States Army officerFreddie McCoy (1932-2009), American soul-jazz vibraphonist Frederick McCoy (1823–1899), British palaeontologist Garry McCoy (born 1972), Australian motorcycle racerGeorge McCoy (born 1948), author of a guide to sexual services in BritainGeorge Walter McCoy (1876-1952), American physicianGerald McCoy (born 1988), American football playerGerry McCoy (born 1960), Scottish football playerHorace McCoy (1897–1955), American writerJack E. McCoy (1929-2014), American politicianJake McCoy (1942-2021), American hockey playerJanet J. McCoy (1916-1995), American administrator and politicianJason McCoy (born 1970), Canadian singer/songwriterJason L. McCoy (born 1971), Attorney, Mayor of the Town of Vernon, Connecticut PoliticianJelani McCoy (born 1977), American basketball playerJeremy McCoy , (born 1963), American-Canadian double bassist with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Jermod McCoy (born 2005), American football playerJohn McCoy (disambiguation) , many peopleJoseph McCoy (1837-1913), 19th-century cattle baronJoseph H. McCoy (died 1897), Black American lynching victimKansas Joe McCoy (1905–1950), American musicianKellen McCoy (born 1987), American basketball player and coachKevin McCoy (born 1967), American artistKevin McCoy (born 1954), rector of the Pontifical North American College .Kid McCoy (1872–1940), boxer (born Norman Selby)LeRon McCoy (born 1982), American football wide receiver LeSean McCoy (born 1988), American football running back LisaRaye McCoy (born 1967), American actressMaimie McCoy (born 1979), English actressMark McCoy (born 1975), American musicianMarvin McCoy (born 1988), professional footballerMary Eleanora McCoy (1846-1923), American philanthropist , organizer, and clubwoman Matt McCoy (born 1958), American actorMatt McCoy (born 1982), American football linebacker Matt McCoy (born 1966), member of the Iowa Senate Mike McCoy (disambiguation) , multiple peopleNeal McCoy (born 1958), American country music singerNeal Henry McCoy (1905–2001), American mathematicianObed McCoy (born 1997) West Indies cricket playerPapa Charlie McCoy (1909–1950), American musicianPaul McCoy , musicianRandolph McCoy (1825-1914) of the Hatfield–McCoy feud , also called Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.Richard McCoy, Jr. (1942-1974), airplane hijacker Richard McCoy (1863–1942), Australian politicianRichard B. McCoy (died 1902), American politicianRico McCoy (born 1987), American football playerRobert McCoy (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), American songwriterSimon McCoy (born 1961), British journalist and newsreaderStephen McCoy (1948–1989), American serial killerSteve McCoy , radio morning show hostSylvester McCoy (born 1943), Scottish actorTim McCoy (1891–1978), American actorTimothy McCoy (1955-1972), American murder victim who was killed by John Wayne Gacy Tony McCoy (born 1974), Irish National Hunt jockeyTravis McCoy (born 1981), member of the hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes Van McCoy (1940–1979), music producer and songwriter Walter McCoy (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWilliam D. McCoy (1853–1893), American diplomatWilliam S. McCoy (1877–1948), American rum–runner Wilson McCoy (1902–1961), American artist and cartoonistFictional characters [ edit ] McCoy, in the 1975-1976 TV series McCoy Tony Curtis
The McCoys in the 1957-1963 TV series The Real McCoys :
Alice McCoy , in the 2001-2002 TV series Digimon Tamers Brian McCoy, in the 1938 film The Crowd Roads Frank Morgan and the 1947 remake Killer McCoy James Dunn
Buddy McCoy, in the 1984 film Truckin' Buddy McCoy played by Terence Knox
Danny McCoy , in the 2003-2008 TV series Las Vegas Josh Duhamel Ebenezar McCoy , a mentor in the book series: The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Dr. Henry "Hank" P. McCoy, aka 'Beast ' from Marvel Comics' X-Men
Jack McCoy , in the TV series Law & Order Sam Waterston Jake McCoy, in the TV series Chicago P.D. Billy Burke
Job "Blue Streak" McCoy, in the 1920 lost film Blue Streak McCoy Harry Carey
Josie McCoy , in the Josie and the Pussycats Mrs. Laura McCoy, in the 1947 film Killer McCoy Gloria Holden
Dr. Leonard H. McCoy , in Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek filmsMyles McCoy, in the 2017-2023 TV series Riverdale
Ray McCoy, the main character of the 1997 video game Blade Runner
Rebecca McCoy, in the TV series Law & Order
Rob McCoy, in the 2001-2002 TV series Digimon Tamers
Sherman McCoy, in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe
Sierra McCoy, in the 2017-2023 TV series Riverdale Robin Givens
Skip McCoy, in the 1953 film Pickup on South Street Richard Widmark
Tommy "Killer" McCoy, in the 1938 film The Crowd Roars Robert Taylor and the 1947 remake Killer McCoy Mickey Rooney
Willie "Slim" McCoy, in the 1972 song "You Don't Mess Around with Jim " by Jim Croce 
