Hoyle Genealogy and Hoyle Family History Information

The surname Hoyle is of Anglo-Saxon or Welsh origin, and is a topographical surname found particularly in the north and north-west of England, where it used as a variation of the southern name Hole or Houle. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century term "holh", meaning hole, hollow, or depression, used as a topographical surname for someone who lived in or by a hollow or low-lying spot. The modern surname from this source can be found as Hoyle, Hoile, and the genitive forms Hoyles and Hoiles, the "s" indicating "of" such a place.

Variations: Hoile, Hoyles, Hoiles

Sources:

• http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Hoyle
• http://www.houseofnames.com/hoyle-family-crest