as a Last Name
- 69,469
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Moody
Meaning & Origins
English and Irish: nickname for a courageous, arrogant, or foolhardy person, or one quickly moved to anger, from Middle English modie ‘impetuous’, ‘haughty’, ‘angry’ (Old English mōdig ‘brave’, ‘proud’, from mōd ‘spirit’, ‘mind’, ‘courage’). This English name has been established in Ireland since the late 13th century.
| 473rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 69,469
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Moody per capita
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