Moss - Meaning of Moss

What does Moss mean?

[ 1 syll. mos(s), mo-ss ] The baby boy name Moss is pronounced Mao-S- †. Moss' language of origin is Latin and Egyptian. It is predominantly used in English and Irish.

Moss is an English and Irish contracted form of Maurice (English and French).

Moss is also a diminutive of Morris (English).

Moss is also an English contracted form of Moses (English and German).

See also the related categories, english, latin, egyptian, and irish.

Moss is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2018, out of the family of boy names directly related to Moss, Moses was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Moss include Maas, Mac, Macay, Mace, Machk, Mack, Macks, Macs, Maghee, Mahesh, Maies, Maik, Maj, Maje, Majic, MaKay, Mak, Maks, Mamés, and Mannes.

† Pronunciation for Moss: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"



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