Given name & surname
Moya
Moya is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Moya is a variant of Maia. An origin associated with Maia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Moya is a variant of Maia. The history of Maia gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Maia is associated with the goddess of spring.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Moya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 627
- 0 boys · 627 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 843 as a first name in 2020; 17,789 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Moya
- Moya BradyBritish actressborn 1962
- Moya DyringAustralian artist (1909-1967)
- Moya O'SullivanAustralian actress (1926–2018)
- Moya DoddAustralian association football player and administratorborn 1965
- Moya CannonIrish authorborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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