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Coyney Surname Meaning

Perhaps from Coigny in Manche. Weston Coyney (Staffs) takes its manorial affix from the family of John Koyne (1242). Presumably, the final -e of Koyne represents French usually written -y or -ey in English.

However, the name may have had an alternative form Coyne which is attested in the neighbouring village of Caverswall from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Coyney occurs in Weston until the late 16th century, re-appearing in Caverswall in the late 18th century and in Weston in the early 1800s.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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