Meaning and background
The story behind Mcevoy
McEvoy has several Irish and Scottish Gaelic family-name histories. One derives from Mac Giolla Bhuidhe, connected with an epithet about fair or yellow hair; another comes from Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, related to a word for a woodworker. The spellings became alike without necessarily having one ancestor or one translation. For a dog the compact ending gives it a lively sound, but those separate surname lines should be recorded as alternatives.
- Origin
- Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname with at least two documented histories: Mac Giolla Bhuidhe and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, the latter associated with “woodman”. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Mcevoy appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mækəvɔɪ/
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/mækəvɔɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AE1 K AH0 V OY2
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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