# Mooney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,482

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maonaigh (“descendant of Maonach”), a personal name derived from maoineach (“rich, wealthy; precious, beloved”).

## Easily confused with
- **Moore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooney-vs-moore)
- **moose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooney-vs-moose)
- **Morley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooney-vs-morley)
- **motley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooney-vs-motley)
- **Mosley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mooney-vs-mosley)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moon-vs-mooney)
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/money-vs-mooney)
- **moody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moody-vs-mooney)
- **Monty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monty-vs-mooney)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monet-vs-mooney)
- **monkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monkey-vs-mooney)
- **moaned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moaned-vs-mooney)
- **moneys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moneys-vs-mooney)
- **Mahoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahoney-vs-mooney)
- **Maloney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maloney-vs-mooney)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmooney`, `monoey`, `mooeny`, `mooneyy`, `moonney`, `moonye`, `omoney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mooney