Moye

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Moye is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname2.6K records spelled Moye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Bolivia

  Also written Moyé

• Greek surname222 records spelled Moye3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States

  Also written Moua, Μουα

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname185 records spelled Moye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Moyé

• Korean surname152 records spelled Moye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom, North Korea

  Also written 모예

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Moye is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• habitation name from Moye in Haute-Savoie.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, a soft layer of rock within a harder rock

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In jpx-ryu-pro, to burn

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jean-Martin Moyeb. 1730FRFrench missionary
• Marcel Moyeb. 1873FRborn:1873-06-30|died:1939-12-21|; Moye, Marcel
• Paul Moyeb. 1877DEGerman sculptor
• Charles Allen Moye Jr.b. 1918USUnited States federal judge
• Don Moyeb. 1946USAmerican percussionist
• Michael G. Moyeb. 1954USAmerican screenwriter
• Malina Moyeb. 1984USAmerican musician
• Derek Moyeb. 1988USAmerican football player
• Anson MoyeUSbasketball player
• Anthony MoyeUScollege basketball player (1985–1985) Connecticut

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 33 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Moye?

We estimate roughly 8.0 thousand people bear Moye (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Moye have the most bearers?

We estimate about 7.7 thousand people bear Moye in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled moye.

How common is Moye compared with other names?

In Liberia, Moye is the 42nd most common surname of 6,092 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Moye mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname from Middle Dutch moy, moeie, ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, denoting a welldressed person or a dandy.