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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Suffolk, Essex) : unexplained.
  • French : habitation name from Moye in Haute-Savoie.
  • Dutch (de Moye) : nickname from Middle Dutch moy, moeie, ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, denoting a well-dressed person or a dandy.
  • Spanish : see Moya.

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