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Moya name meaning

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18k
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in 2010
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What does the name Moya mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Moya

User Submitted Origins

English
39%
Gaelic
33%
Romanian
9%
Spanish
3%
Norwegian
3%
African
3%
Zulu
3%
Mexican
3%
Lesotho
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from South Africa says the name Moya is of Zulu origin and means "SPIRIT or AIR or WIND".
  2. A submission from Massachusetts, U.S. says the name Moya means "Spirit or Air" and is of Lesotho origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Moy"a
Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
Wiktionary

Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

  1. (obsolete) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. [1800s until the 1930s]

moya was also found in the following language(s): Buruwai, Northern Sotho, and Sotho

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Notable Persons Named Moya

Notable Persons Named Moya

Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan is a folk music of ireland, celtic music, new-age music, and contemporary christian music singing, songwriter, record producer, and harp. She holds the title Against the Wind" and Perfect Time". She was most prominent from 1970 to present. Moya was given the name Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on August 4th, 1952 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. Moya is also known as Máire Brennan, Máire Jarvis, The Voice of Clannad", and First Lady of Celtic Music".

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Moya Greene

Moya was born on June 10th, 1954 in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

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Moya Brady

Moya Brady is an actor. Moya was born on September 8th, 1962 in Manchester.

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Moya Doherty

Moya Doherty is an entrepreneur. Moya was born in 1957 in Pettigo.

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Moya Bailey

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Moya Dodd

Moya Dodd is a lawyer.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Moya

Notable Persons With the Last Name Moya

Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moyá is a tennis player. Carlos was born on August 27th, 1976 in Palma, Majorca.

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Miguel Ángel Moyà

Miguel Ángel Moyà is a soccer player for the Atlético Madrid, RCD Mallorca, RCD Mallorca B, Valencia CF, Getafe CF, Spain national under-16 football team, Spain national under-17 football team, and Spain national under-19 football team. Miguel was born on April 2nd, 1984 in Binissalem, Spain. Miguel is also known as Moyà and Miguel.

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Miguel Alcubierre

Miguel Alcubierre is a theoretical physicist and theoretical physics. Miguel was given the name Miguel Alcubierre Moya on March 28th, 1964 in Mexico City.

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Mike Moya

Mike Moya is an experimental rock musician. He plays Electric guitar, Piano, Organ (music), Tapes, and Vocals. He has had major accomplishments since 1994.

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Steven Moya

Steven Moya is an athlete for the Detroit Tigers. Steven was born on September 8th, 1991 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

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Horacio Castellanos Moya

Horacio was born in 1957 in Tegucigalpa.

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  • Luis Moya
  • Hidalgo Moya
    Architect
  • Juan Moya
    Landowner
  • Sergio Álvarez Moya
  • Pedro de Moya
  • Rodrigo Moya
    Photojournalist
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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Moya U.S.
█  White 7.23% 64.26%
█  African American 0.73% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.95% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.28% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 89.30% 16.26%

Of Last Name Moya

People with the last name Moya are most frequently Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Moya

  • How Popular is the name Moya? Moya is the 14,688th most popular name of all time. As a last name Moya was the 2,001st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Moya have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 622 babies born with the first name Moya in the United States. That's more than enough people named Moya to occupy the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) with an estimated population of 605 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Moya? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1923 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Moya first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Moya is Wednesday, October 29th, 1890.
  • What year had the most people named Moya born? The highest recorded use of the first name Moya was in 2003 with a total of 19 babies.
  • Random Moya Factoid: According to the 1969 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Moya is not a popular baby girl's name in California. Imagine that, only 7 babies in California have the same name in 1969.
  • Weird things about the name Moya: The name spelled backwards is Ayom. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Oamy. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Moya? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 18,071 people with the last name Moya.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Moya? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 6 of them will have Moya as their last name.
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