Given name & surname
Moline
“a narrow-minded man”
Moline is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a narrow-minded man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a narrow-minded man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 0 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,041 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.
Moline’s family of names
Moline has a related form in Molean. Moline has a related form in Moleane. Moline has a related form in Moleen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Molienevariant
- Molienvariant
- Moleinevariant
- Moleinvariant
- Molynevariant
- Molynvariant
- Moleanevariant
- Moleanvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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