Moulay
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Moulay is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country.
- MAMorocco≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 35K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 9.5K
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.
- Morocco (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 196 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Morocco, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moulay 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Morocco | #263 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Moulay | 88 |
| DZ Algeria | #547 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | listed | Moulay | 34 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 930 | Moulay | 196 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 28K | 65 | Moulay | 20 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 266K | — | Moulay | 16 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Moulay | 21 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 78 | 1 in 222K | 78 | Moulay | 12 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Slimane of Moroccob. 1766MAnot in their usual nameSultan of Morocco (1766–1822)
- Hassan I of Moroccob. 1836MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan Sultan (1836-1894)
- Abd al-Hafid of Moroccob. 1875MAnot in their usual nameSultan of Morocco (1875-1937)
- Yusef of Moroccob. 1882MAnot in their usual nameSultan of Morocco (1882-1927)
- Moulay Tahar Asbahanib. 1948MAMoroccan actor and singer
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)
Attested in 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 113 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 89 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 65 | #21,557 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 63 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 23 | — |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 21 | #48,172 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 2 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- Is Moulay a male or female name?
- Moulay is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Moulay have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Moulay in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moulay.
- How common is the name Moulay?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 78 people named Moulay, about 1 in 222 thousand residents.
- How common is Moulay compared with other names?
- In Morocco, Moulay is the 263rd most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Moulay?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moulayThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Moulay” — the 263rd most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.