Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 萌乃, 萌恵乃, 萌野, etc.(Japanese Kanji) もえの(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. MO-E-NO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 萌 (moe) meaning "to bud, to sprout" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.