Given name & surname
Mosella
“savIor”
Mosella is a variant of Moselle. In Hebrew use, Moselle carries the interpretation “savIor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mosella is a variant of Moselle. In Hebrew use, Moselle carries the interpretation “savIor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mosella connects to the Moses name family through Moselle. A possible origin is Egyptian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mosella connects to the Moses name family through Moselle. The history of Moses gives this family its wider story. Moses appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mosella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 118
- 0 boys · 118 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 13 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 7 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1923.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mosella’s family of names
Mosella has a related form in Moselle.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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