Given name & surname
Moffett
“field, plain”
Moffett is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Moffett is a form of Moffat. Moffat goes back to Scottish Gaelic magh, meaning “field, plain.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Moffett is a form of Moffat. Moffat comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moffett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,150 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Moffett’s family of names
In English usage, Moffett as a surname has a related form in MOFFAT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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