Voyle
Voyle is both a given name and a surname. The origin of the name is from the Welsh language. It was originally moel, meaning bald, but became mutated It can refer to a person or a land feature such as the poorly vegetated top of a round hill. The name is often mis-spelt on census returns and the like, as it became anglicised.
Meaning & Origin of Voyle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Voyle is both a given name and a surname. The origin of the name is from the Welsh language. It was originally moel, meaning bald, but became mutated It can refer to a person or a land feature such as the poorly vegetated top of a round hill. The name is often mis-spelt on census returns and the like, as it became anglicised.
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The Story of Voyle
American parents first put Voyle on the record books as a baby boy name in 1885, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 10 Voyles were born — ranking #2,699 that year. About 72% of every Voyle on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Voyle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1924, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 54 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Voyle
Voyle is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 54 births in the dataset. Voyle's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #2,699. Use the chart and map above to compare Voyle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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