Irish: reduced form of McCoy.English:
nickname for a quiet and unassuming person, from Middle English, Old
French coi, quei ‘calm’, ‘quiet’ (Latin quietus).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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