What is the nationality of the surname Quayle?

Answer 1

Quayle is an English surname that has two possible origins. The first is a nickname from the medieval English word 'quaille', after the quail bird. In 1357, John Quaille was recorded in London. The second possible origin is that Quayle is an Isle of Man variation of the Gaelic MacPhail from Scotland or MacPhoil from Ireland, with both names translating as the 'son of Paul'. Thomas Quayle, an immigrant from the Isle of Man appears in the records of Dublin in 1588. The first recorded spelling of the family name is that of Simon Quayle, dated 1327, in England.