Given name & surname · also Old English
Mostyn
“of the meadow's fortress”·“from the mossy settlement”
Mostyn is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “of the meadow's fortress” (Welsh) and “from the mossy settlement” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the meadow's fortress” (Welsh) and “from the mossy settlement” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mostyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 6 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 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 358 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.
Mostyn’s family of names
Mostyn has a short form in Moss. Mostyn has a related form in Mostan. Mostyn has a related form in Mostean.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mossshort form
- Mostanvariant
- Mostunvariant
- Mostonvariant
- Mostenvariant
- Mostinvariant
- Mosteanevariant
- Mosteanvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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