Quayle Quayle Quayle is a surname of Anglo-Celtic origin, specifically English, Irish, Manx and Scottish. When the name originates from Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland it is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic "Mac Phàil" (Scottish) "Mac Phóil" (Irish) "Mac Phaayl" (Manx) meaning "son of "Pàil"/"Póil/Paayl"". These are Gaelic patronymic forms of the personal name "Paul". When originating in Ireland the name is sometimes a variant of the surname "Quill". When "Quayle" is of English origin the surname can be derived from the Old French/Middle English "quaille", meaning "quail". In this way the name would be used as a nickname
Irish people used. While both "Mac" and "Ó'" prefixes are Gaelic in origin, "Mac" is more common in Scotland and in Ulster than in the rest of Ireland; furthermore, "Ó" is far less common in Scotland than it is in Ireland. The proper surname for a woman in Irish uses the feminine prefix nic (meaning daughter) in place of mac. Thus a boy may be called Mac Domhnaill whereas his sister would be called Nic Dhomhnaill or Ní Dhomhnaill – the insertion of 'h' follows the female prefix in the case of most consonants (bar H, L, N, R, & T). A