Mo

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I'm really keen (tonight!) on the name Mo.

What could it be short for? Don't like Maurice. And Mohamed, Muhammad wouldn't be appropriate. (We're devout atheists.)

Maurice on birth certificate but never used?

I've always like it (since watching Mo Johnson play football) and Mo Farah is super-cool.

Help!

Wow, thanks everyone. I didn't expect such a response. Stat, I'm loving your idea about the initials. And thanks to everyone else for clearing up whether or not it is masculine or feminine!!

Thesea

To me, Mo would either be a Muslim man or a woman. Well, that's the pattern for all the ones I've wver known,

Maurice, maximo, elmo, monty,

Maurice from the Bee Gees was called Mo as a nickname - always thought that was cool!

Maurice traditionally shortens to Mo, but I like the idea of Cosmo so I guess it would work for Elmo as well. I've heard it as a shortening of Morgan for a girl.

Moses or Maurice.

I know a(nother) Maureen, and a Moses both shortened to Mo.
Moses I LOVE, and would use it for my baby boy if I didn't know one already