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Baby Name of the Day: Mozelle

September 20, 2010 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

At first glance, she’s Southern-fried, nearly Hee Haw.

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Comments

  1. Anya says

    October 10, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    I 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.

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  2. carrie says

    October 9, 2010 at 10:36 PM

    There 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!

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  3. liz says

    September 21, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    My great aunt and uncle were Mozelle & Donnell.

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    • appellationmountain says

      September 22, 2010 at 6:38 PM

      That’s fabulous!

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      • C in DC says

        September 23, 2010 at 3:14 PM

        I had a pair Maurice (said Morris) and Delores. 🙂

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        • appellationmountain says

          September 23, 2010 at 6:47 PM

          I 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!

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  4. Panya says

    September 21, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    It makes me think of Zero Mostel, and Mosul. Sorry, not a fan.

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  5. T.R. says

    September 20, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    Just 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).

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  6. JNE says

    September 20, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    Well, 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.

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  7. Sebastiane says

    September 20, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    It makes me think of an older southern lady, particularly one of the Cajun or Creole persuasion. I kinda like it. I say (moh-ZELL)

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  8. Charlotte Vera says

    September 20, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    I’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.

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  9. Nicole says

    September 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM

    I 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.

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  10. C in DC says

    September 20, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Sadly, all this name conjures for me is Mosul, Iraq. Just like Janine (an otherwise favorite of mine) sounds like Jenin.

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    • appellationmountain says

      September 21, 2010 at 5:25 AM

      I didn’t even think of that, C. It’s a fair point – and yet another reason Mozelle is moldering.

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  11. Joy says

    September 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    When 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.

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  12. Julie says

    September 20, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    How 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.

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    • appellationmountain says

      September 21, 2010 at 6:36 AM

      Julie, 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.

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  13. Kelleita says

    September 20, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    All I can see is mozzarella. Sorry, not my style at all. Interesting to find out it was an actual name, though!

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