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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Modest

Boy name variations

Coyne

Coyne

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Coyan

Coyan

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Coye

Coye

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced form of McCoy.
  • English : nickname for a quiet and unassuming person, from Middle English, Old French coi, quei ‘calm’, ‘quiet’ (Latin quietus).

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