Moa
Meaning and origin
Originally a pet name from the word mor (“mother”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Moa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Moa has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2003. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 780 |
| 1999 | 805 |
| 2000 | 741 |
| 2001 | 689 |
| 2002 | 797 |
| 2003 | 815 |
| 2004 | 711 |
| 2005 | 695 |
| 2006 | 622 |
| 2007 | 569 |
| 2008 | 514 |
| 2009 | 508 |
| 2010 | 541 |
| 2011 | 462 |
| 2012 | 422 |
| 2013 | 381 |
| 2014 | 319 |
| 2015 | 263 |
| 2016 | 254 |
| 2017 | 195 |
| 2018 | 184 |
| 2019 | 138 |
| 2020 | 126 |
| 2021 | 130 |
| 2022 | 102 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,944 |
| 2000 | 6,652 |
| 2001 | 7,343 |
| 2002 | 8,125 |
| 2003 | 8,943 |
| 2004 | 9,619 |
| 2005 | 10,289 |
| 2006 | 10,869 |
| 2007 | 11,422 |
| 2008 | 11,962 |
| 2009 | 12,480 |
| 2010 | 13,039 |
| 2011 | 13,487 |
| 2012 | 13,912 |
| 2013 | 14,268 |
| 2014 | 14,589 |
| 2015 | 14,840 |
| 2016 | 15,092 |
| 2017 | 15,270 |
| 2018 | 15,437 |
| 2019 | 15,546 |
| 2020 | 15,632 |
Moa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Moa.Hi! My name is Moa.
- Moa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Moa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Moa kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Moa is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Moas mamma är lärare.Moa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Moas mamma is Moa's mum.
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Questions about Moa
How do you pronounce Moa in Swedish?
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What does the name Moa mean?
Originally a pet name from the word mor (“mother”).
How popular is Moa in Sweden?
102 babies were named Moa in 2022. In 2020, 15,632 people in Sweden had Moa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2003 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.