As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

MOYLE. Not from mule, as the family apiear to have imagined when they assumed for arms, ' Gules, a movie or mule passant Argent ;' but from a jjlace in or contiguous to the parish of St. Minvor, co. Cornwall. D. Gilbert's Cornwall, ii. 67.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Origin: Anglo-Saxon

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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