Given name & surname
Money
“a wealthy man”
Money is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a wealthy 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Money through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 41 boys · 68 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 12 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 as a first name in 2020; 6,265 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.
Money’s family of names
Money has a related form in Moni. Money has a related form in Monee. Money has a related form in Mony.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Monivariant
- Moneavariant
- Moneevariant
- Monyvariant
- Monievariant
- Mooneyvariant · English
- Monneylikely variant
- Muneavariant
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