Moe is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning “moé.” In 2024 it was given to 7 boys in the United States.
Moe belongs to the Japanese and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “moé” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Moe first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #636 in 1904, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 724 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Moe means “moé” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Moe is a boy name. In 2024, 7 babies received the name in the US.
Moe comes from the Japanese and English & American tradition.
Moe first appears in US records in 1888. Its best-ever ranking was #636 in 1904, and 7 babies were given the name in 2024.
Moe is pronounced /məʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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