The Moubray Family Name

If your family name is Moubray, its origin lies with Mowbray, an English surname. It is a place-based name: “From Montbray in Normandy”.

Moubray and Mowbray

Spelled with “u” instead of “w”, Moubray shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Mowbrey.

In the 2010 US Census, 372 Americans gave Moubray as their last name (rank 55,255).

Heraldry and the Moubray name

Arms linked to Mowbray and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Research your Moubray family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.