Mosley

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A habitational surname

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/moʊzli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mosley is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 43as Michal(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 52as Mikael
  • IEIreland≈1 in 69as Michael

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mosley itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

3,476,721 named Michael, 2020

#3 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

9 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
726 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 43 (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia, as Michal

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

МихаилCyrillic(measured from records)
מיכאלHebrew(measured from records)
ΜιχαηλGreek(measured from records)
ՄիքայելArmenian(measured from records)
ไมเคิลThai(measured from records)
მიხეილიGeorgian(measured from records)
মাইকেলBengali(measured from records)
미카엘Hangul(measured from records)
ମାଇକେଲOdia(measured from records)

12 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Michael in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 2 more, Михаил in RU Russia, Michal in CZ Czechia and Mikael in FI Finland.

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)

A habitational surname.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mosley 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 Mosley is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#23,476,721as Michael1 in 963.5MMichael726
RU Russia#22≈1,600,000 est.≈1 in 89#8Михаил272
DE Germany#2≈1,100,000 est.≈1 in 71listedMichael389
GB United Kingdom#3≈900,000 est.≈1 in 73626Michael482
NG Nigeria#13≈710,000 est.≈1 in 300—Michael200
CZ Czechia#3246,648as Michal1 in 43247KMichal211
FI Finland#144106,915as Mikael1 in 52133KMikael112
IE Ireland#3≈75,000 est.≈1 in 69—Michael225

3,476,721 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); MVČR — living population register 2017; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Mosley is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Colombia, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Môsley, Moslëy

  • English surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Australia

    Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish

    Also written Mosely, מוסלי, Moseley

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Moseley, Мосли

44 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Oswald Mosley, b. 1896Leonard Mosley, b. 1913Roger E. Mosley, b. 1938Max Mosley, b. 1940Walter Mosley, b. 1952Michael Mosley, b. 1957Chuck Mosley, b. 1959Shane Mosley, b. 1971DJ Timmy Tim, b. 1972Michael Mosley, b. 1978

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mosley,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Mosley
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201048K#730
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202046K#744
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200045K#699
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020100#40,470
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202084#40,470
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201618—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201713—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20248—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20188—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20157—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20256—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20236—

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mosley mean, and where does it come from?
A habitational surname. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Mosley?
A machine transcription gives /moʊzli/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Mosley have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.5 million people named Michael, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Mosley most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Mosley itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Czechia's: the national register counts about 1 in 43 people named Michal.
How common is the name Mosley?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,476,721 people named Michael in 2020, about 1 in 96 residents.
How common is Mosley compared with other names?
In the United States, Mosley is the 2nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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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, “Mosley” — the 2nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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