"Move" is called "load" on other architectures; indeed, the corresponding 8080 instruction is LD.
If x86 used LD instead of MOV, it would make more sense. LD AX,4 would be read as "load register AX with the value 4"; LD AX,BX would be "load AX with what's in BX"; LD AX,[SI] would be "load AX with what's in the memory location pointed to by SI" and so forth.
If x86 used LD instead of MOV, it would make more sense. LD AX,4 would be read as "load register AX with the value 4"; LD AX,BX would be "load AX with what's in BX"; LD AX,[SI] would be "load AX with what's in the memory location pointed to by SI" and so forth.