About the Moodie Surname

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Family name meaning

Spellings drift, and Moodie is where Moody drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Bold, brave”, the same as for Moody.

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Moodie has “ie” where Moody has “y”. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Moodie with 1,715 bearers, at rank 16,696.

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