At first glance, she’s Southern-fried, nearly Hee Haw.
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At first glance, she’s Southern-fried, nearly Hee Haw.
[…] ends-in-elle names; the 1930s were no exception.
Anya says
October 10, 2010 at 11:30 AMI was reading a book about Shenandoah National Park and a woman named Mozelle was mentioned. And in my opinion Mozelle reminds me of Mozart. I don’t really like the name.
carrie says
October 9, 2010 at 10:36 PMThere was an elderly lady in my family’s rural NC church named Mozelle, also pronounced “mo-ZELL”. For some reason, my toddler self couldn’t say her name, so I called her “Omo.” My parents say that I could say each syllable individually, but when it came to combining them, I always reverted to “Omo.” Haven’t thought of the name in years–thanks for featuring it!
liz says
September 21, 2010 at 11:07 PMMy great aunt and uncle were Mozelle & Donnell.
appellationmountain says
September 22, 2010 at 6:38 PMThat’s fabulous!
C in DC says
September 23, 2010 at 3:14 PMI had a pair Maurice (said Morris) and Delores. 🙂
appellationmountain says
September 23, 2010 at 6:47 PMI wonder if people with rhyming names tend to fall in love, and if all of this means we’ll have lots of couples called Kate and Nate in another 30 years!
Panya says
September 21, 2010 at 1:49 AMIt makes me think of Zero Mostel, and Mosul. Sorry, not a fan.
T.R. says
September 20, 2010 at 9:34 PMJust to add a different note, I’ve traveled to the Moselle region in Germany twice, had wonderful trips, so it’s got a great association in my mind. I briefly considered suggesting it as a name for our girls, but not much (accent on the first syllable), still thought of some of the not-so-nice associations other posters came across too (like Mosul).
JNE says
September 20, 2010 at 5:00 PMWell, Mozelle is new to me. Can’t say I find it all that appealing. It made me thing mazel (tov) first (which isn’t a bad association/meaning for a name, really)… but I have no idea how it’s supposed to be said.
Sebastiane says
September 20, 2010 at 4:53 PMIt makes me think of an older southern lady, particularly one of the Cajun or Creole persuasion. I kinda like it. I say (moh-ZELL)
Charlotte Vera says
September 20, 2010 at 12:19 PMI’d never heard of this name before, and I’m not from the US so I don’t have the Southern associations, but ugh. I find this name quite unattractive.
Nicole says
September 20, 2010 at 12:00 PMI could see it fitting in nicely with today’s Belle named girls (isabelle, anabelle, bella) and with the Z girlls (zoe, zoey, zahara) … Its quirky and fun. When I first looked at it I thought it would be pronounced muh-ZEL and that would fit in with todays isabelle… but MOH-zell sounds too back woods southern for me.
C in DC says
September 20, 2010 at 11:18 AMSadly, all this name conjures for me is Mosul, Iraq. Just like Janine (an otherwise favorite of mine) sounds like Jenin.
appellationmountain says
September 21, 2010 at 5:25 AMI didn’t even think of that, C. It’s a fair point – and yet another reason Mozelle is moldering.
Joy says
September 20, 2010 at 11:01 AMWhen I was growing up, there was an older lady named Mozelle at my church. Her name was pronounced moh-ZELL.
Very similar to my grandmother’s name, Ozella.
Julie says
September 20, 2010 at 10:34 AMHow is Mozelle pronounced? MOH-zell, MAWS-ell, muh-ZEL?? Because If it’s the last pronunciation, it could originate from mademoiselle.
It’s an interesting name, but it seems more fitting for a maiden Great-Aunt.
appellationmountain says
September 21, 2010 at 6:36 AMJulie, that is a fascinating – and insightful – theory! Trouble is, I’m not certain how to pronounce Mozelle. Joy’s suggestion, of a long o, emphasis on the second syllable, seems most likely, but perhaps not universal.
Kelleita says
September 20, 2010 at 10:00 AMAll I can see is mozzarella. Sorry, not my style at all. Interesting to find out it was an actual name, though!