Moliere Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Moliere began as a French family name. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who lived near the quarry from which millstones were obtained”.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Moliere, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

Where the name comes from

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Moliere with 349 bearers, at rank 58,182. French birth records list 994 children named Moliere between 1891 and 2000. Births ran at 50 in 1891–1900 and 100 in 1991–2000. Get the complete Moliere report, with a museum-style coat of arms.