Background

The MOULD Surname DNA Project was created to develop a collection of various MOULD family groups who descend from the same male MOULD ancestor. All variant spellings are welcome to participate. Some of the most common variant spellings are: MOULD, MOLD, MOLE Some other known variant spellings are: MOLLD, MAULE, MOWLE, MOWLD, MOLLE, MOLLIE, MAUDE, MOLDER, MOELES, MAWD, MAUD, MOULDING, MOULDNER, MOLO, MOLLI, MOL, MOULE, MOULDE, MOLL, MAL, MALE, MENL, MOLLIEN, MOOLLE, MAWLE. Further, a "S" on any of the aforementioned is also quite common... In Old English "Molle" is synonymous, akin with "Mold" Old Norse "mygla" from Latin "molere", to grind (grain), and its derivative "mola" The name Mohaut arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mohaut family lived in Cheshire. Before migrating to Normandy and then England, this family was originally the lords of Monte Alto, in Italy. Their name is thought to be a version of this place-name which underwent significant corruption through translation through several languages before being Anglicized. Spelling variations include: Maude, Maud, Mawd, Mold, Mould, Moulds, Molds and others.First found in Cheshire where the family of Maude, originally the Lords of Monte Alto, in Italy, settled in the Lordships and manors of Montalt and Hawarden in the county of Flint. What does the Mould name mean? Last Name: Mould English: from the Middle English female personal name Mau(l)d, a reduced form of the Norman name Mathilde, Matilda, composed of the Germanic elements maht ‘might’, ‘strength’ + hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’. The learned form Matilda was much less common in the Middle Ages than the vernacular forms Mahalt, Maud and the reduced pet form Till. The name was borne by the daughter of Henry I of England, who disputed the throne of England with her cousin Stephen for a number of years (1137–48). In Germany the popularity of the name in the Middle Ages was augmented by its being borne by a 10th-century saint, wife of Henry the Fowler and mother of Otto the Great. The following known variants are most prevalent in Scotland. MOWATT MOUAT MOWAT MOUATT Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 First Name: A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507 MOULD Surname DNA Project Home Page MOULD Family Home Page MOULDING Genealogy MOULD/ROSE Genealogy MOULD Families MAULE Family MANLEY DNA Project