Môe

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Môe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 88th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 23K
  • USUnited States1 in 30K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Norway (measured from records)

13,266 people

Sources
362 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 412 (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Moe in US United States, NO Norway, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Sources 2

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Môe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Môe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway#64313,2661 in 41213KMoe64
US United States—11,1501 in 30K12KMoe362
MY Malaysia—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 14K—Moe28
CA Canada—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 23K—Moe133
EG Egypt—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 71K—Moe48
SG Singapore#754≈1,300 est.≈1 in 4.9K—Moe36
DK Denmark—3111 in 19K311—2
GY Guyana—871 in 8.6K87—3
AG Antigua & Barbuda#88———Moe3

13,266 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Mi Qiyub. 1762not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 64534
  • Mi Haolunb. 1993CNnot in their usual nameChinese association football player
  • Mi Shengshannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418300
  • Mi Youxiangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 339861
  • Mi Shimengnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418297
  • Mi Linot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418298
  • Mi Xuannot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418299
  • Mi Baonot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418301
  • Mi Fengchunnot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 418302
  • Mi Shinot in their usual namemother of Zhouji

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Môe under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Môe mean, and where does it come from?
From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Môe have the most bearers?
In Norway, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Môe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moe.
Where is Môe most common?
Môe is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 412 people carrying it.
How common is the name Môe?
In Norway, the national register counted 13,266 people named Môe, about 1 in 412 residents.
How common is Môe compared with other names?
In Norway, Môe is the 643rd most common surname of 90,139 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Môe” — the 643rd most common surname in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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