Meaning

originSeveral origins: * A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah. * Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”) * Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”) * Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)

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