Moe (first name)
Moe is on the one hand an English male, on the other hand a Japanese female given name.
The name has two derivatives for English-speaking use. If it is derived from the old English Morris , it means something like "dark-skinned". But it can also be used as an English nickname of the biblical first name Moses .
Moe or Mo are also often used as short forms of Moritz and Mohammed .
Name bearer
- Moe Dunford (born 1987), Irish actor
- Moe Howard (1897–1975), American comedian and actor
- Moe Meguro (* 1984), Japanese curler
- Moe Sedway (1894–1952), American mobster
- Moe Wechsler (1920–2016) American berrelhouse and jazz pianist
Fictional people
- 1972: In the first part of the Mafia - epic " The Godfather " by Francis Ford Coppola is Moe Green a major mobster in Las Vegas , who on behalf of Michael Corleone is assassinated. The character is based on Bugsy Siegel ; but also his partners Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway can be found at least in the name.
- 1984: In Gangster - epic " Once Upon a Time in America " by Sergio Leone 's Fat Moe one of the main characters and like " Moe Szyslak " pub and restaurant owner.
- 1985–1995: "Moe" is a mean, reckless schoolmate of Calvin from the comic book " Calvin and Hobbes " by the American Bill Watterson , published by Universal Press Syndicate .
- from 1987/89: Morris " Moe Szyslak " is the bartender from " Moe's Tavern " in Springfield in the US animated series The Simpsons
- In the film "Paper Moon", the main male character Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neil) is called Mo by the main female character Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neil).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennifer Moss: The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book: The BabyNames.com Guide to Choosing the Best Name for Your New Arrival, Penguin, 2008 [1]
- ^ Fact and Fiction in The Godfather . crimelibrary.com . Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ↑ EJ Fleming: Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites: Seventeen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story, 2d ed., McFarland, 2015, p. 340 [2]
- ^ J. Hoberman: The Magic Hour: Film at Fin de Siècle, Temple University Press, 2003, p. 38 [3]
- ^ Daniel R. Gilbert: Ethics through Corporate Strategy, Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 51 [4]
- ↑ Johannes Heger, Thomas Jürgasch, Ahmad Milad Karimi: Religion? Ay Caramba !: Theological and religious things from the world of the Simpsons, Verlag Herder GmbH, 2017, p. 285 [5]
- ↑ The New Statesman and Nation, Volume 86, 1973, p. 832 [6]