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Surname Etymology and Meaning of NOYES

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

Noy is an abbreviation for Noah. "In England, in the seventeenth century, Attorney-General Noy was succeeded by Sir John Banks, and Chief-justice Heath being found guilty of bribery, Sir John Finch obtained the office; hence it was said: "Noy's flood is gone, The Banks appear, Heath is shorn down, And Finch sings here."--Lower. In the Cornish British, Noi is a nephew, and Noys night.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English (South Wales): patronymic from Noe.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)