Moya Family History
Moya Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from Moya in Cuenca Valencia Lugo or the Canary Islands. Compare De Moya . Catalan (Moyà): variant of Moià a habitational name from Moià in Barcelona province Catalonia (Spain) named in Late Latin as Modianus ‘(estate) of Modius’ (from Modius a personal name derived from Latin modus ‘measure’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022