Comey

C3O1M3E1Y4
/ˈkəʊmi/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginIrish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh →
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Meanings

proper nounComey (plural Comeys)

plural Comeys

  1. A surname.

    After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”

    2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2017

Origin

  1. IrishMac Giolla Choimdheadh“son of the servant of Lord God”
  2. EnglishComey

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”).

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APA

Comey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comey

MLA

“Comey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Comey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comey.

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