"Comey" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkəʊmi/ Forms: Comeys [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cy|-}} Welsh, {{der|en|ga|Mac Giolla Choimdheadh||son of the servant of Lord God}} Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Comey (plural Comeys)
  1. A surname.

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