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
Mac and Mc together in print two publications on filing rules, one covering that "word-by-word" convention, and another prepared in 1980 that is "letter-by-letter". A 1998 book attributes the changes to the rules to computer informatics, and notes the Mac/Mc change as its first example. 1982's "Scottish Roots", a guide for family history researchers, warns that older Scottish records do not in fact follow this convention, unlike contemporary telephone directories. A 2001 book of "New York Times" theatre reviews sorts Mc names as if spelled Mac. A 2002 official document for the State of Vermont recommends explicitly no special treatment for Mac and Mc.