Moishy
A boys’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning drawn from water; form of moses.
Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2269
10 babies
Moishy by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Moishy. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moishy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Moishedrawn from the water; a form of Moses23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moisesdrawn from the water; Spanish variant of Moses745 in the US (2017)
- Moshedrawn out; form of Moses508 in the US (2017)
- Mishawho is like God; a form of Michael24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mokshliberation or salvation from cycle of rebirth14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moisedrawn from the water; form of Moses14 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean water
Like Moishy, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Moishy
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