Moishy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOY-shee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Moishy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Moishy mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Moishe (Moses)
Pet form of Moishe, the Yiddish Moses; Exodus links the name to Hebrew 'drawn out' of the water.
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Is Moishy a girl's or a boy's name?
Moishy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moishy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Moishy, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Moishy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Moishy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Moishy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Moishy, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer boys named Moishy than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Moishy in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moishy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
Names like Moishy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Finley, Musa, Finn, Ronan, Lochlan, Rowan, Eden, Bodhi, Renley, Eesa, Yunus
Names related to Moishy
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Moishy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moishy, updated 20 October 2026.