Comments
Meaning
Usage
Pronunciation
Famous
Impression
Other
Kamikokuryo Moe is a 4th Generation Member of the J-Pop Girl Group ANGERME.
2
2
Moe was particularly common for girls in Japan during the 1990s.
It entered the top 10 in 1993. It peaked at #1 in 1998. It made the top 10 for the last time in 2003.
Its most common spelling is 萌.
2
It entered the top 10 in 1993. It peaked at #1 in 1998. It made the top 10 for the last time in 2003.
Its most common spelling is 萌.
2
Moe Oshikiri is a Japanese model best known for her work with fashion magazine AneCan and its sister magazine CanCam, which Oshikiri was a former top model for. She is also a designer, starting her own Kimono line branded under her name, as well as a hosiery line with CanCam model Yuri Ebihara called f*ing motesto.
3
3
Moe Arai is a Japanese actress and gravure model, known for Tomie: Anrimiteddo, Myûzu no kagami and Twilight Syndrome: Dead Go Round.
4
4
It's probably not the best idea to name one's child this unless you are Japanese/live in Japan. And even then, I don't know how they would react...
0
0
I want to edit and correct the record regarding my original comment that I've made back in 2015 regarding the usage of the name Moe. I've made that comment, seen below, when I didn't do nearly as much research on it (hadn't had the foresight to grab names from town PR magazines for my research that I published on my research blog), data from Namae Jiten only went as far as 2003 (it was updated a long while ago to expand to 2009) and Baby Calendar did not have a dedicated website for baby popularity.
Yes, Moe was somewhat popular (within the top 100) in the 1990s and early 2000s (peaking at over 0.6% in 2000), but that was when the slang term wasn't heard of as much in the mainstream. When the slang term became increasingly known around 2004-5, Moe as a name fell down in popularity, dropping to around 0.1% or less.
----------------------
ORIGINAL COMMENT (+3 rating before October 8, 2022 edit):
Despite the association with the slang verb 'moeru' (萌える) where you have a crush with an anime character, the name is in 72nd place out of 1000 in 2014 when used with 萌.
Moe, using the phonetic characters (もえ) is in 817th place.
The name (萌 and もえ) was in 63rd and 3993rd in 1989 respectively which is before the slang verb and the Moe girls became known.
Popularity source: http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki2.htm & http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/girl01.html.
3
Yes, Moe was somewhat popular (within the top 100) in the 1990s and early 2000s (peaking at over 0.6% in 2000), but that was when the slang term wasn't heard of as much in the mainstream. When the slang term became increasingly known around 2004-5, Moe as a name fell down in popularity, dropping to around 0.1% or less.
----------------------
ORIGINAL COMMENT (+3 rating before October 8, 2022 edit):
Despite the association with the slang verb 'moeru' (萌える) where you have a crush with an anime character, the name is in 72nd place out of 1000 in 2014 when used with 萌.
Moe, using the phonetic characters (もえ) is in 817th place.
The name (萌 and もえ) was in 63rd and 3993rd in 1989 respectively which is before the slang verb and the Moe girls became known.
Popularity source: http://5go.biz/sei/cgi/ninki2.htm & http://www.namaejiten.com/h01/girl01.html.
3
Please, don't use this! It's such a common term among the anime fandom, and doubtless you'll get laughs from fans.
1
1
If I'm not incorrect, I think I think this is also a style of anime drawing.
2
2
In Burmese (Myanmar), "Moe" means rain. It comes from neither Japanese nor Burmese, it acually is from Tibetan language.
3
3
Pronounced Mo-AY.
-3
-3
I believe that this is pronounced in Japanese mo-i, not mo.
-5
-5
Nope. In Japanese, it's pronounced "moh-eh".
8
8
Another meaning for Moe in Japanese is the slang term for the fuzzy feeling you get when you watch a character (usually in anime). So if you think your child might go to Japan some day, or meet someone Japanese or who likes Japanese culture, then avoid this name, because they might get teased. Or adored.
-1
-1
I would also like to add that this is actually a "fangirl" expression. Now, it is more commonly used for yaoi (gay) love, especially in anime (it is recurrent in the anime Ouran). And I also do not recommend anyone to give this name to their child. Although it sounds cute, there is a huge risk of your child being teased, or being savagely chased around by yaoi fanatics.
-1
-1
This name is quite cute, and yes, it is used in reference to a sort of fuzzy feeling. But to the people who have used this place to take cracks about people who enjoy yaoi, I find your references to "yaoi fanatics" quite rude, as if they are all some sort of freak. The term moe, which has here been bizarrely associated with yaoi (it has nothing to do with yaoi), is really quite cute. I think the term is too obscure to become a problem, and I see no risk of such imaginary crazed yaoi fans hunting a bearer down.
-3
-3
Comments are left by users of this website. They are not checked for accuracy.