habitational name from any of several places so named,
of unexplained etymology.
topographic name from the Mosel
river in western Germany, a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the
Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep, winding valley from
Trier to Koblenz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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