McEvoy

English

Alternative forms

• McAvoy

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).

Proper noun

McEvoy (plural McEvoys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McEvoy is the 6020^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5713 individuals. McEvoy is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McEvoy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.