Mordche
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MORD-kheh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Mordche is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Mordche mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Mordechai, probably from the Babylonian god Marduk
Mordecai is Queen Esther's cousin and guardian in the Book of Esther, central to the Purim story.
Is Mordche a girl's or a boy's name?
Mordche is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mordche in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mordche, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mordche in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mordche in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Mordche in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Mordche, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Mordche of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Mordche in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mordche in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Mordche
- Motty 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mordche
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Ezra, Kobe, Musa, Thiago, Zion, Jude, Macsen, Yunus, Yusuf, Achim, Jago
Names related to Mordche
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Mordche: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mordche, updated 20 October 2026.