Moody Family History
Moody Name Meaning
English and Irish: nickname for a courageous, arrogant, or
foolhardy person, or one quickly moved to anger, from Middle English
modie ‘impetuous’, ‘haughty’, ‘angry’ (Old English
modig ‘brave’, ‘proud’, from mod ‘spirit’, ‘mind’,
‘courage’). adm This English name has been established in Ireland
since the late 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Moody Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Moody families
 259 - 516  87 - 258 |
 1 - 86  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Moody families
|
741 - 1,480 248 - 740 |
1 - 247 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Moody families
|
31 - 60 11 - 30 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Moody Family Origin
Moody Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Moody
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Moody Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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