Moy

in the US

There are 6,802 people with the last name "Moy" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Moy 4,078
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  1. is 4,074th most common Buchholz
  2. is 4,075th most common Delvalle
  3. is 4,076th most common Wilke
  4. is 4,077th most common Prentice
  5. is 4,078th most common Moy
  6. is 4,079th most common Stpierre
  7. is 4,080th most common Atchison
  8. is 4,081st most common Lathrop
  9. is 4,082nd most common Getz

Similar Names and Nicknames

May, Moe, Mo, Mey, Mow, Moo, Mou, Moh, Moa, Moi

Most Common First Names for Moy

John, David, James, William, Michael, Robert, Edward, Richard, Mary, Daniel



Meaning & History

Moy

Irish (County Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muighe ‘descendant of Muighe’, of unexplained etymology. The English surname (see 2) has also become established in Ulster.

English (Norfolk): unexplained. Compare Moy 1.

French: habitational name from places so called in Aisne and Saône-et-Loire, named in Latin as Modiacum ‘(estate) of Modius’ (see Moya 2).

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway named Moi, from Old Norse mói, the dative case of mór ‘sandy plain’.

Chinese: possibly a variant spelling of Mei 1.


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