Names That Mean Peat

Mosley, former best known as the surname of author Walter, has been put in play as a first <a href="https://nameberry.com/girls-names">name for girls</a> by football great Peyton Manning, who used the name for his twin daughter, sister of Marshall. Alternate spellings are Moseley and Mosely and the first syllable rhymes with Rose.

Mosley

Mosley has seen a handful of uses — mostly among baby girls — since 2012, the year after Peyton Manning gave it to his daughter. It's much more familiar as a surname, such as that of novelist Walter Mosley.
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Frankie Muniz used it as the middle for his son Mauz. The names derive from the same Old High German word, <em>mus</em>, and each have a mousy meaning.