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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Toy

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a light-hearted or frivolous person, from Middle English toy ‘play’, ‘sport’ (of uncertain origin), or from an occasional medieval personal name, Toye.
  • French : metonymic occupational name for a sheath maker, from Old French toie ‘sheath’ (Latin theca).

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