Meaning & Story
An English word meaning shy or reluctant to show feelings — with historical use as a name, suggesting quiet depth and hidden warmth.
Coy is a name with a delicious ambiguity to it — in modern English it suggests someone who's flirtatiously evasive, keeping their cards close to their chest, while historically it was also a place name and surname with English roots. For a pet, it's a perfectly suited name for the animal who draws you in with a glance and then saunters away, knowing full well you'll follow. Pets named Coy tend to be independent and slightly mysterious, revealing their full affection only to those who have earned it. A name for a pet who keeps you beautifully, happily hooked.