Given name & surname
Moody
“a tempermental man”
Moody is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a tempermental man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a tempermental 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 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moody through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 746
- 746 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 26 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 340 as a first name in 2020; 61,480 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.
Moody’s family of names
Moody has a related form in Moodea. Moody has a related form in Moodee. Moody has a related form in Moodey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Moody
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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