Mosley

English

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Mosley

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Alternative forms

• Moseley, Mosely, Mossley, Mozeley, Mozley

Etymology

From several places in England, including the derivations:

• Old English mos (“peat bog”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to moss +‎ -ley (“lea”).
• Old English mus (“mouse”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to mouse +‎ -ley (“lea”).
• From the Old English byname Moll.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊzli/

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Proper noun

Mosley

1. A habitational surname.
   • 2002 July 19, Damon Hack, “Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attention”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 6 January 2021, retrieved 6 January 2014:

     Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him.

Derived terms

• Mosleyan
• Mosleyite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mosley is the 730^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 47,963 individuals. Mosley is most common among Black (53.2%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mosley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 625.

Anagrams

• Meloys, Mosely, Moyles, moyles