hockey · noun1
16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, akin to hock (“hook”) + -ey, or from Middle French hoquet (“shepherd's staff, crook”), which resembles a hockey stick, via a diminutive form of Old French hoc from Middle Dutch hoec (“hook”), a cognate of Old English hōc.
hockey · noun2
See oche.
Hockey · proper noun3
Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.