Hoey

Hoey is a surname and a geographic name. As a surname, Hoey is of Irish origin and is found in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and in countries shaped by Irish migration. The name is believed to derive from Gaelic personal names, though the exact etymology varies among families and historical records.

Hoey is also used as a place name for several small communities in North America, where it marks towns and rural locales. In some cases these places were named after early settlers or local families bearing the Hoey surname.

In modern times, people with the surname Hoey appear in public life across diverse fields, including the arts, sports, and public service, reflecting the dispersion of the name through migration and settlement.

The name has variants and related forms arising from Anglicization and historical record-keeping practices, so modern references may display different spellings in different sources.