Moyle (surname)

Moyle is a Celtic surname that derives from maol meaning bald. It has been suggested that the surname arises in at least two ways: first, meaning "shaven one" or "tonsured", as in a religious person or a locality near a religious site; and second, a dweller on or near a bald hill.

Notable people who share the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

 * Allan Moyle (born 1947), Canadian film director
 * Franny Moyle (born 1964), British television producer and author
 * Sarah Moyle (born 1969), English stage and television actor

Politics

 * Arthur Moyle, Baron Moyle (1894–1974), British trade unionist and politician
 * Colin Moyle (born 1929), New Zealand politician
 * Edna Moyle (1942–2013), Caymanian politician
 * Henry Vivian Moyle (1841–1925), South Australian politician
 * James Moyle (1858–1946), American politician
 * Joseph Moyle (17th–18th century), Member of Parliament from the UK constituency of Saltash
 * Mike Moyle (born 1964), American politician
 * Roland Moyle (1928–2017), British politician
 * Sir Thomas Moyle (1488–1560), English politician
 * Walter Moyle (1672–1721), English politician and political writer
 * Walter Moyle (MP) (1627–1701), English politician

Sports

 * Brett Moyle (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
 * Graeme Moyle (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
 * Herbert Moyle (1922–2000), New Zealand cricketer
 * Jamie Moyle (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
 * Kendra Moyle (born 1990), American skater
 * Nolan Moyle (born 1999), American ice hockey player
 * Wallace Moyle (1867–1920), American college sports coach

Other people

 * Alice Marshall Moyle (1908-2005), Australian ethnomusicologist
 * Henry D. Moyle (1889–1963), American Mormon leader
 * Jennifer Moyle (1921–2016), British biochemist
 * John Moyle (politician) (1591–1661), High Sheriff of Cornwall
 * John Moyle, first editor of the magazine Electronics Australia
 * John Moyle (British Army officer) (died 1738), captain in the Royal Regiment of Ireland
 * John Rowe Moyle (1808–1889), Mormon pioneer
 * Jonathan Moyle (died 1990), RAF helicopter pilot and magazine editor
 * Matthew Paul Moyle (1788–1880), Cornish meteorologist and writer on mining
 * Michael Moyle (magistrate), Isle of Man High Bailiff
 * Olin R. Moyle (1887–1966), American Jehovah's Witnesses legal counsel
 * Peter B. Moyle (born 1942), zoologist and associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California-Davis
 * Richard M. Moyle (born 1944), New Zealand academic specialising in ethnomusicology of the Pacific and Australia
 * Walter Moyle (judge) (c. 1405 – 1479), Justice of the Common Pleas, England and Wales