Mozella
Feminine
This name has a French-looking ending already and a Latin one has been added on top. Mozelle closes the way a French name closes; putting an a after it produces something that reads as Italian or Spanish, so the name is wearing two nationalities at once and belongs to neither.
How old is the name Mozella?
Mozella was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Mozella alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 600 people named Mozella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mozella most popular?
Mozella peaked in 1880, reaching #836 nationally. See the whole 1880 chart.
Where it comes from
From Mozelle to Mozella
The story of Mozella
The two candidates are a river and a prophet. One is a European river valley, which gives its name to a wine and appears as a surname; the other is a Yiddish and Hebrew men's name, feminised the way a great many were in immigrant American records. They are entirely unrelated, they mean completely different things, and both are plausible for a name appearing in the American South in the nineteenth century. A page that picked one would be guessing, and the honest position is that the name has two possible ancestries and no way of choosing.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Two quite different parents are possible and the record does not choose. Neither can be established and the meanings they would supply have nothing in common.
How the name formed
- Mozelle
- Mozella
Pronouncing Mozella
moh-ZELL-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The z is fully voiced, which distinguishes it from the s-spellings of similar names.
Nicknames for Mozella
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 192057 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #836reached in 1880
- Change vs 1976
- −16.7%5 in 1982, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mozellas among us
people named Mozella are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Mozella sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Zella sits inside it as a complete and independent short form.
- The rhythm is even and the name carries well at length.
- It is genuinely rare with no competing modern associations.
- No meaning can be given, because two unrelated parents are equally likely.
- Mozelle and Mozell both appear and the spelling gets queried.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mozellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Mozella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mozella in 2025?
- Mozella is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Mozella with classmates?
- Mozella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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