Moffett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Scottish and northern Irish; variant of Moffatt
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈmɑfɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Moffett is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Scottish and northern Irish; variant of Moffatt.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Moffett is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Cleveland Moffettb. 1863USAmerican journalist and writer
- Samuel Austin Moffettb. 1864USAmerican missionary in Korea (1864–1939)
- William A. Moffettb. 1869USUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1869-1933)
- Judith Moffettb. 1942USAmerican writer (born 1942)
- Toby Moffettb. 1944USAmerican politician (born 1944)
- Peter Davisonb. 1951GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor
- D.W. Moffettb. 1954USAmerican actor
- Jonathan Moffettb. 1954USAmerican musician
- Charnett Moffettb. 1967USAmerican jazz bassist (1967–2022)
- Georgia Tennantb. 1984GBnot in their usual nameEnglish 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Moffett mean, and where does it come from?
- Scottish and northern Irish; variant of Moffatt. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Moffett?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɑfɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Moffett have the most bearers?
- Moffett is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moffett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.