Toy (surname)

Toy
Language(s)	Chinese, English, Turkish
Other names
Variant form(s)	English: Toye; Chinese: Toi, Toye;

Toy is a Chinese, English, and Turkish surname.

Origins

As an English surname, Toy originated in two or three different ways. First, it was a nickname, either from Middle English toy "trifling thing; play, sport", or from Middle French toie "sheath". Second, it was a relational name, from the given name Toye (whose origin is not clear). Finally, it may have been a toponymic surname referring to a former settlement probably located in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Early records of the English surname Toy include a Robert Toy of Gainford in the patent rolls for 1339.^[1]

As a Chinese surname, Toy is a spelling, based on the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese, of the following Chinese surnames, listed by their spelling in Hanyu Pinyin, which reflects the Standard Mandarin pronunciation:

Cài (蔡), spelled Toy based on its Taishanese pronunciation.^[2] This is a toponymic surname referring to the state of Cai, adopted as a surname by some people of the state after its conquest by the state of Chu during China's Warring States period.^[3]
Tái (邰), spelled Toy based on its mainstream Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Toi4; Cantonese Yale: Tòih).^[4] According to the Shuowen Jiezi, the surname Tái originated as a toponymic surname referring to the city by the same name in modern-day Shaanxi.^[5]

Toy is also a Turkish surname, from toy "bustard".^[6]

Statistics

According to statistics compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom Census and the Census of Ireland 2011, there were 895 people on the island of Great Britain and five on the island of Ireland with the surname Toy as of 2011. The 1881 United Kingdom census found 1,095 people with the surname Toy in various places in England and Scotland, particularly in Cornwall.^[1]

The 2010 United States Census found 5,784 people with the surname Toy, making it the 5,951st-most-common name in the country. This represented a slight increase from 5,730 people (5,567th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, roughly six-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white, and slightly more than one quarter as Asian.^[7] It was the 616th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.^[8]

People

Barbara Toy (1908–2001), British writer
Barry Toy (born 1939), Australian rules footballer
Camden Toy (contemporary), American actor and script writer
Carole Toy (1948–2014), Australian archer
Crawford Howell Toy (1836–1919), American Hebrew scholar
Emily Toy (born c. 1997), English amateur golfer
Erol Toy (1936–2021), Turkish writer
Frederick E. Toy (1860s–1933), US Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
Harry S. Toy (1892–1955), Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Supreme Court justice
Hasan Toy (born 1994), Turkish kickboxer
Humphrey Toy (1537–1577), British bookseller and publisher
James C. Toy (1836–1889), American Civil War soldier and Virginia politician
Jim Toy (1930–2022), American LGBT activist
Jim Toy (baseball) (1858–1919), Native American baseball player
Josh Toy (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
Julie Furuta-Toy (born 1960), American diplomat
Laura M. Toy (born 1951), American politician in Michigan
Mark Toy (fl. 1987–present), United States Army major general
Metin Toy (born 1994), Turkish volleyball player
Noel Toy (birth name Ngum Yee Hom; 1918–2003), American burlesque performer
Richard Toy (1911–1995), New Zealand architect
Sam Toy (1923–2008), British industrialist and chairman of Ford Motor Company
Virginia Toy (born 1979), New Zealand geologist

References

^ ^a ^b Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2708. ISBN 9780192527479.
^ Louie, Emma Woo (1988). Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition. McFarland. pp. 119, 186. ISBN 9780786438778. See also Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016, p. 2708, Toy, entry #5.
^ Chao, Sheau-yueh J. (2000). Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 178. ISBN 9780806349466.
^ Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016, p. 2708, Toy, entry #4.
^ Chao 2000, p. 169.
^ Aksu, İbrahim (2005). The Story of Turkish Surnames: An Onomastic Study of Turkish Family Names, Their Origins, and Related Matters. Vol. 1. Olay Gazete Press. p. 207. ISBN 9789944516303.
^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Most common last names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S." Mongabay. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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[Hanks2016-1] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2708. ISBN 9780192527479.

[Louie1998-2] Louie, Emma Woo (1988). Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition. McFarland. pp. 119, 186. ISBN 9780786438778. See also Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016, p. 2708, Toy, entry #5.

[3] Chao, Sheau-yueh J. (2000). Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 178. ISBN 9780806349466.

[4] Hanks, Coates & McClure 2016, p. 2708, Toy, entry #4.

[5] Chao 2000, p. 169.

[6] Aksu, İbrahim (2005). The Story of Turkish Surnames: An Onomastic Study of Turkish Family Names, Their Origins, and Related Matters. Vol. 1. Olay Gazete Press. p. 207. ISBN 9789944516303.

[7] "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[Monga-8] "Most common last names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S." Mongabay. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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