Given name & surname
Moffat
“field, plain”
Moffat is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Moffat goes back to Scottish Gaelic magh, meaning “field, plain.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Moffat’s family of names
In English usage, Moffat has a related form in MOFFATT. In English usage, Moffat as a surname has a related form in MAFFETT. In English usage, Moffat as a surname has a related form in MOFFETT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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