Mõū

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mõū is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Cantonese 冇 (mou5).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 4.3K
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
190 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mou in US United States, MY Malaysia, CN China and 1 more, Mòu in DZ Algeria, Moue in CM Cameroon and Moù in MA Morocco.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Cantonese 冇 (mou5).

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mõū counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mõū is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈17,000 est.≈1 in 82K—Mou33
DZ Algeria≈9,900 est.≈1 in 4.3K—Mòu9
MA Morocco≈2,100 est.≈1 in 17K—Moù13
FR France≈450 est.≈1 in 151K8—2
MY Malaysia≈320 est.≈1 in 102K—Mou22
CM Cameroon≈290 est.≈1 in 96K—Moue3
HK Hong Kong≈230 est.≈1 in 31K—Mou25
US United States1881 in 1.8M944Mou190

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mõū is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name56 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, India, Algeria, Morocco

    Also written Mou, Moù, Môû, Môù, Môu

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mõū under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mõū mean, and where does it come from?
From Cantonese 冇 (mou5). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 2 other sources.
Is Mõū a male or female name?
Mõū is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Mõū have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Mõū in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mou.
How common is the name Mõū?
In the United States, the national register counted 188 people named Mõū in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mõū”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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