Meloy Family History
Meloy Name Meaning
Norwegian (Meløy): habitational name from any of farmsteads so named from Old Norse methal ‘middle’ (or melr ‘sandbank gravel bank’) + øy ‘island’. Norwegian (Meløy): habitational name from a farmstead in Helgeland named with Old Norse mjǫl ‘flour sand’ + ey ‘island’. Irish: variant of Malloy .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022