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Mosley

OriginEnglish place name and surname
Meaning"peat bog, mouse clearing"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · boys#11555

2025 SSA

About Mosley

Mosley, former best known as the surname of author Walter, has been put in play as a first name for girls 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 for boys#11555 US

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.

Frankie Muniz used it as the middle for his son Mauz. The names derive from the same Old High German word, mus, and each have a mousy meaning.

Pronounced MOHZ-lee.

As of October 2026, Mosley ranked #11785 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #6829 in 2016.

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Famous Mosleys

  • Mosley Thompson ManningGirl

    daughter of football player Peyton Manning

  • Oswald MosleyGirl

    founder of the British Union of Fascists

  • Walter MosleyGirl

    American crime novelist

Mosley in pop culture

  • Jennifer Mosley on Ned's Declassified School Survival GuideGirl

    her nickname is Mosley/Mose.

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