Coffey (surname)

Coffey is an Irish surname, from the gaelic irish Ó Cobhthaigh. Ó Cobhthaigh was the name of an Irish Brehon family from County Westmeath and County Longford. They were known as the chief ollamhs or filí of Uisneach, where there is a Tuar Uí Cobhthaigh, Toorcoffey (Coffey's Tower).

Notable people with the surname include:

Aeneas Coffey (1780–1852), Irish inventor

 * Alex Coffey (born 1993), American sportswriter
 * Amir Coffey (born 1997), American basketball player
 * Ann Coffey (born 1946), British politician
 * Brian Coffey (1905–1995), Irish poet
 * Cath Coffey, British vocalist of Stereo MC's
 * Charles Coffey (?–1745), Irish playwright
 * Denise Coffey (1936–2022), British actress
 * Dennis Coffey, American guitarist
 * Ellie-Jean Coffey, Australian surfer, model, and actress
 * George Nelson Coffey (1875−1967), American pedologist
 * Greg Coffey (born 1971), Australian London-based hedge fund manager
 * Jack Coffey (baseball) (1887–1966), Major League Baseball player
 * John Coffey (disambiguation), several people
 * Joseph L. Coffey, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
 * Kellie Coffey (born 1971), American singer-songwriter
 * Michael J. Coffey (c. 1840 – 1907), New York politician
 * Paul Coffey (born 1961), Canadian hockey player
 * Peter Coffey (1876–1943), Irish Roman Catholic priest and Neoscholastic philosopher
 * Russell Coffey (1898–2007), one of the last three surviving American World War I veterans
 * Sam Coffey (born 1998), American soccer player
 * Sean Coffey (born 1956), New York lawyer
 * Susanna Coffey, American artist
 * Tabatha Coffey, Australian hairstylist
 * Tāmati Coffey (born 1979), New Zealand broadcaster and politician
 * Thérèse Coffey, British Conservative Member of Parliament
 * Todd Coffey (born 1980), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
 * Victoria Coffey (1911–1999), Irish paediatrician
 * Virginia Coffey (1904–2003), American civil rights activist
 * Wayne Coffey (footballer) (born 1964), American football player
 * William Coffey (VC) (1829–1875), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
 * William Coffey (cricketer) (born 1885, date of death unknown), Irish cricketer
 * William Coffey (cricketer) (born 1885, date of death unknown), Irish cricketer