Moscow

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: East

Ultimately from Old East Slavic Москов- (Moskov-), originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”). Perhaps related to Czech moskva (“raw bread”), Slovak mozga (“puddle”), Polish Mozgawa, and more distantly Latvian mazgāt (“to wash, rinse”), Sanskrit मज्जति (májjati, “to sink”), Latin mergō (“to dive”), all from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to plunge, dip”). Cognate with Russian промозглый (promozglyj, “dank”). Doublet of Moskva.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Moscowitz Derived from Moscow
Mosco Root name
Kiev East origin
Kimber East origin
Lobach East origin
Lobacz East origin
Lviv East origin
Markowitz East origin
Rusyn East origin
Shmigel East origin

Popularity by Country

Moscow

Rank #129619

Frequency 121 people (0.04 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 91.74% Two+ 5.79%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Moscow

Rank #134962

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

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