Covey

Covey
This rare and unusual surname is of Irish origin, and is a dialectal variant of the name Coffey, itself an Anglicized form of the Gaelic O' Cobhthaigh, deriving from the prefix "O" meaning "descendant of", plus the byname "Cobhtach", Victorious. The surname is found in Counties Down and Louth. Church recordings include the marriages of Hester Covey to John Hedley on the 25th February 1602 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London, and Elizabeth Covey to Thomas Chamberlain on the 29th November 1608 at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster. Margaret, daughter of William Covey, was christened on the 8th March 1795 at Carnmoney, County Antrim. One Helen Covey, aged 14 yrs., a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the "Devonshire" bound for New York on the 10th April 1846. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is green, an ermine fess between three gold coons or Irish cups. The Crest is a man riding on a dolphin proper. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Wylliam Covey, which was dated 19th August 1599, witnessed the christening of his daughter Annes at St. Giles', Cripplegate, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st, Good Queen Bess, 1558-1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Covey — Cov ey (k?v ?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See {Cubit}, and cf. {Cove} to brood.] 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Covey — ist der Name folgender Personen: Richard Oswalt Covey (* 1946), US amerikanischer Astronaut Stephen Covey (* 1932), US amerikanischer Bestseller Autor und Professor in Utah Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterschei …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Covey — Cov ey, v. i. To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Covey — Cov ey, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • covey — index band Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • covey — mid 14c., brood of partridges, from M.Fr. covée brood (Mod.Fr. couvée), from Gallo Rom. *cubata, lit. hatchling, from pp. stem of L. cubare to sit, incubate, hatch (see INCUBATION (Cf. incubation)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • covey — ► NOUN (pl. coveys) ▪ a small flock of birds, especially partridge. ORIGIN from Old French cover, from Latin cubare lie down …   English terms dictionary

  • covey — [kuv′ē] n. pl. coveys [ME < OFr covée, a brood < cover, to sit on, hatch < L cubare, to lie down: see CUBE1] 1. a small flock or brood of birds, esp. partridges or quail 2. a small group of people or, sometimes, things SYN. GROUP …   English World dictionary

  • covey —    ‘Hallo, my covey’ says Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger, when he first meets Oliver in Dickens’s Oliver Twist. ‘Covey’ is a diminutive form of ‘cove’, still used in third person reference of a man, or fellow. ‘Who’s that old cove over there?’… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • covey — noun (plural coveys) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French covee sitting (of hen), from cover to sit on, brood over, from Latin cubare to lie Date: 14th century 1. a mature bird or pair of birds with a brood of young; also a small flock 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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