Meaning of name Moss

The name Moss has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Moss is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Moss for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Maurice, of which the name Moss is a variant.

The name Moss is very likely a(n) Latin variant of the name Maurice. See other suggested Latin boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Maurice.

The following names are baby names related to Moss and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Moss: Boys - Auston, Durand, Lawrence, Nero, Noble, Oral, Orel, Victor, Girls - Capitola, Coral, Dessie, Drusilla, Letitia, Lorene, Marci, Marcy, Olivia, Vesta, Both genders - Montana, Paul, Vernell

The name Moss is a variant of Maurice. Other popular variants of the name Maurice are: Maureese, Mauricio (Spanish), Maurids (Dutch), Mauriece, Maurin, Maurisio (Spanish), Maurits (Scandinavian), Mauritz, Maurizio (Italian), Mauro, Maury (Polish), Mavriki (Russian), Meurig (Welsh), Mo, Moreese, Moricz (Hungarian), Moris (Greek), Morrice, Morris (English), Morry, Mortiz (German), Morys (Welsh), Moss, Muiris (Irish)

We think the name Moss should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Moss to be: Wealthy, talented and ambitious chap

In one word, you might describe Moss as a(n) "talented" person.

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