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
Mongan (surname) astonishing variants of the original spelling. Notable people include: Mongan (surname) Mongan is an Irish surname anglicised. It derives from the ancient and possibly pre 10th century Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongan’. The latter was a nickname for the original chief of the clan, who presumably had a particularly luxurious or wild growth of hair. Many, perhaps the majority of Irish Gaelic surnames were nicknames for the original chief or leader, see Mongán mac Fiachnai this is a good example. The derivation is 'mong', meaning long-haired. Three branches of this clan originally existed in ancient Ireland. These were a