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Mo (girl)

What does Mo mean?

Mo Pronunciation of Mo as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Mo). The name Mo means "star of the sea". Mo is a variant form of Maureen (Irish, Gaelic): English respelling of Mairin.

STARTS WITH Mo-

ASSOCIATED WITH star, sea

Variations

RELATIONS VIA MAUREEN Moira, Mora, Moria

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mo Joy (M.J.), ..

How popular is Mo?

Mo is a rare given name for females but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#12112 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Mo (NOT IN TOP 2000) rated in the Top 2000 are Moira (#1606 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Maureen and Mora. Adoption of these relations of Mo was at its apex during the years 1950-1959 (AVERAGE #1061) and has become significantly lower since (#1868, DOWN 96.5%), with the form Maureen going out of style. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Maureen, Moira, Mora in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Mo and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Mo is alike in pronunciation to Mae, Mai, Maia, May, Maya, Maye, Mea, Mei, Meya, Mia, Miah, Miya, Moia, Moya and Mya. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bo, Io, Jo and To. These names tend to be more commonly used than Mo.

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