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
Crowley (surname) three-quarters of the family originating from there. The Irish "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley". Variants include Crawley, Crowly, O'Crowley, Croaley, Croawley, O'Crowly and many more. Crowley (surname) The Irish surname Crowley was first found in Moylurg, in the County Roscommon, where they started as a branch of the MacDermots. It is from Teige, a Prince of Moylurg, down to Cruadhlaoch that the line of descent for the Crowleys begins. A junior branch of the Crowley family also emerged and