Given name & surname
Moselle
“savIor”
In Hebrew use, Moselle carries the interpretation “savIor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Moselle carries the interpretation “savIor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Moselle is used as a feminine counterpart of Moses.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Moselle is a feminine form of Moses. 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
Moselle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 273
- 0 boys · 273 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,772 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,772 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 as a first name in 2020; 204 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.
Moselle’s family of names
Moselle is a feminine form of Moses. Moselle has a related form in Moisella. Moselle has a related form in Moiselle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mosellavariant
- Mossellelikely variant
- Moisellavariant
- Moisellevariant
- Mosettevariant
- Moselavariant
- Moselvariant
- Moselevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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