Moxie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 34 babies a year in the US.
Moxie by the numbers
Moxie was given to 34 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Moxie
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moxie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maxiethe greatest; diminutive of maxim or maxwell3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mosie5 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Maxinegreatest; feminine form of Maximus309 in the US (2017)
- Molliestar; diminutive of Mary or Molly192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maziepearl; a form of Margaret or Mazal124 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Moxie
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