Moat (surname)

Moat is an English and Scottish surname. The meaning of the name is "protective ditch". Notable people with the surname include:


 * John Moat (1936–2014), British poet
 * Raoul Moat (1973–2010), British perpetrator of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
 * Richard Moat (born 1954), British businessman
 * William Pollock Moat (1827–1895), New Zealand politician