Cahoy Family History
Cahoy Name Meaning
Americanized form of Slovak Čahoj: unexplained. In the US it is found mainly in SD and NE. In some cases Filipino: from a Hispanicized form of kahoy a word meaning ‘tree’ in various languages of the Philippines; probably a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous tree.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022