Moyu
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Japanese: Rōmaji transcription of もゆ
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Moyu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 176K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 727K
- USUnited States≈1 in 24M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 33 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 176K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of もゆ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Moyu is read(measured from records)
Moyu is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Japanese46%
Rōmaji transcription of もゆ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Chinese14%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Moyu in Chinese.
- Hindi12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Moyu in Hindi.
- English12%
Synonym of Karakax: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moyu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 727K | Moyu | 13 |
| JP Japan | ≈710 est. | ≈1 in 176K | Moyu | 22 |
| US United States | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 24M | Moyu | 33 |
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.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Moyu is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dag, 2. bush 3. the wilderness (an uninhabited place), herbs for medicine
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In dag, 1. grass, weed
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Moyu Taguchib. 1965JPJapanese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Moyu mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of もゆ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Moyu a male or female name?
- Moyu 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 Moyu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Moyu in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moyu.
- How common is the name Moyu?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1,900 people in China have Moyu as their first given name, about 1 in 727 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moyuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Moyu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.