Moya
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning great or noble.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Moya by the numbers
Moya was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Moya, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
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