Mozart

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Mozart is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Mont). Vars.: Mo(u)ncey, someone responsible for mowing pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent deriv. of ME mow{en) to mow (OE mawerr, cf. Maw i and Mather i). Munsey, Munchay; Mounsie, Muncie (Sc.).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In German, Gmc personal name composed of the elements mod spirit, mind, courage + hard hardy, brave, strong.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, By analogy with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musical virtuoso.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Wolfgang Amadeus, Austrian

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, composer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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)

• Mozart Bicalhob. 1901BRBrazilian writer and poet
• Mozart de Araújob. 1904BRBrazilian musicologist, professor, historian and guitarist (1904-1988)
• Mozart Camargo Guarnierib. 1907BRBrazilian composer (1907–1993)
• Mozart Pereira Soaresb. 1915BRBrazilian lawyer
• Mozart Gurgel Valente Júniorb. 1917BRBrazilian diplomat
• Mozart Victor Russomanob. 1922BRBrazilian writer and judge (1922-2010)
• Mozart Gomesb. 1939BRBrazilian association football player (1939-2009)
• Mozart Ramosb. 1955BRBrazilian educator, writer and chemist
• Mozart Coutob. 1958BRBrazilian cartoonist
• Mozartb. 1979BRBrazilian footballer

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)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mozart mean, and where does it come from?

Mischform, probably from a short form Moz- plus -art/-hard Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.

How do you pronounce Mozart?

A machine transcription gives /mozɐɾt/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

Is Mozart a male or female name?

Mozart 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 Mozart have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.2 thousand people named Mozart, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mozart.

Where is Mozart most common?

Mozart is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 65 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Mozart?

In Brazil, the national register counted 3,247 people named Mozart in 2022, about 1 in 65 thousand residents.