The Moffit Family Name

Arms linked to Moffet and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Moffit

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Moffit is usually a form of Moffet. Name scholars give the meaning as “One who came from Moffatt (long plain), in Dumfriesshire”.

Moffit writes “i” in place of the “e” found in Moffet, a typical scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. You may also find the name written Moffitt. According to the 2010 US Census, the Moffit surname had 1,288 bearers. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

Get the complete Moffit report, with a museum-style coat of arms.