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Mowgli
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About Mowgli
The name of the young hero of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, who was raised by wolves (really) and becomes a genius hunter and trapper, was chosen as a middle name for their son Bronx (really, again) by rockers Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz. Kipling invented the name, whose first syllable rhymes with cow.
Pronounced MOW-glee.
As of October 2026, Mowgli ranked #11838 in US births in 2022 SSA, peaked at #11650 in 2015.
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- Mowgli
character in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" and films
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