A mother is a female parent.

Mother may also refer to:

Literature "Mother" (short story), a 1907 short story by Owen Wister Mother (novel), 1906 novel by Maxim Gorky "A Mother", a 1914 short story by James Joyce

Theatre Mother (opera), a 1929 opera by the Czech composer Alois Hába Mother, a 1938 opera by Valery Zhelobinsky Mother, opera by Tikhon Khrennikov Mother (play), a 1910 play by Jules Eckert Goodman

Film

United States Mother (1910 film), an American silent film by the Thanhouser Company Mother (1914 film), an American silent film by Maurice Tourneur Mother, a 1927 American silent film written by Charles Kerr Mother (1996 film), an American film by Albert Brooks Mother, a 2006 short film by Sian Heder mother!, a 2017 American film by Darren Aronofsky Mother, a computer in Alien (1979)

Europe Mother (1926 film), a Russian film by Vsevolod Pudovkin Mother (1937 film), a Hungarian film by Johann von Vásáry Mother (1955 film), a Soviet film by Mark Donskoy Mother (1990 film), a Soviet film by Gleb Panfilov Mother (1999 Russian film), a feature film by Denis Yevstigneyev Mother (2016 Georgian film), a short film directed by Rati Tsiteladze Mother (2016 Estonian film), a drama film by Kadri Kõusaar Mother (2017 Spanish film), a short film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Mother (2019 Spanish film), a film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen based on his short film of the same name Mother (2025 film), a film by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Asia Mother, a 1935 Chinese film by Wen Yimin Mother, a 1949 Chinese film by Shi Hui (director) Mother (1951 film), an Iranian film by Esmail Koushan Mother (1952 film), a Japanese film by Mikio Naruse Mother, a 1956 Chinese film by Ling Zifeng Mother (1963 film), a Japanese film by Kaneto Shindo Mother (1985 film), a Korean film by Park Chul-soo Ibunda, a 1986 Indonesian film by Teguh Karya, released internationally as Mother Mother (1991 film), an Iranian film by Ali Hatami Mother (1999 film), an Indian film starring Rekha Mother (2009 film), a South Korean film by Bong Joon-ho Mother (2010 film), a Chinese film by Cai Ning Mother (2014 film), a Japanese film by Kazuo Umezu Mother (2020 film), a Japanese film by Tatsushi Ōmori

Television Series Mother (Japanese TV series), a 2010 Japanese television drama Mother (Turkish TV series), a 2016 Turkish television drama Mother (South Korean TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series

Episodes "Mother" (Once Upon a Time), a 2015 episode from the TV series Once Upon a Time "Mother" (The Flash), an episode from the TV series The Flash "Mother", an episode from the sixth season of Fear the Walking Dead "Mother...", an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist

Characters Mother (The Avengers), a 1960s British TV character

Games Mother (video game series), a role-playing video game series Mother (video game), a 1989 role-playing video game

Music

Bands Mother Mother, a Canadian rock band formerly called Mother

Albums Mother (Cold Beat album), 2020 Mother (In This Moment album), 2020 Mother (Kubb album), 2005 Mother (Luna Sea album), 1994 Mother (Natalie Maines album), 2013 Mother (Mother Mother album), 2005 Mother (Cleo Sol album), 2021 Mother (Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka album), 1989 Mother (Jacky Terrasson and Stéphane Belmondo album), 2016 Mother (Veil of Maya album), 2023 Mother (Susumu Yokota album), 2009 Mother, an album by Gilli Smyth Mother EP, a 2024 EP by Mother Mother Mother (ZZ Ward EP), 2024

Songs "Mother" (Axel Hirsoux song), 2014 "Mother" (Blondie song), 2011 "Mother" (Charlie Puth song), 2019 "Mother" (Danzig song), 1988 "Mother" (John Lennon song), 1970 "Mother" (Luna Sea song), 1995 "Mother" (Meghan Trainor song), 2023 "Mother" (Pink Floyd song), 1979 "Mother", by the Afro Celt Sound System from Volume 5: Anatomic "Mother", by Ashanti from The Declaration "Mother", by Chicago from Chicago III "Mother", by Era from Era "Mother", by Goldie from Saturnz Return "Mother", by Cyndi Lauper from Sisters of Avalon "Mother", by Florence + the Machine from How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful "Mother", by James from Seven "Mother", by M-Factor "Mother", by Moloko from Things to Make and Do "Mother", by The Police from Synchronicity "Mother", by Puffy AmiYumi from Mother/Nehorina hahorina "Mother", by Ray Charles released as single in 2002 "Mother", by Red House Painters from Red House Painters "Mother", by Tori Amos from Little Earthquakes "Mother", from the musical A Chorus Line "Mother", by Kacey Musgraves from Golden Hour "MOTHER", by Susumu Hirasawa from Technique of Relief "M-O-T-H-E-R", by Howard Johnson "Mother", by Blonde Redhead from Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons "Mother", by Porter Robinson from Nurture "Mother", by Tyler, The Creator from Chromakopia

Food and drink Mother (drink) Mother's, a kosher food brand owned by The Manischewitz Company Fermentation starter, sometimes called a "mother", used to start the fermentation process in making various foods and drinks Kombucha mother, or SCOBY (for symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), occurring in the making of kombucha "Mother" or "mother dough", a pre-ferment starter dough Mother of vinegar

Other uses Mother (advertising agency), a global advertising agency founded in the UK Motherboard, the main printed circuit board found in microcomputers Mother, prototype of the British Mark I tank (Sometimes spelled "moth-er"), a person who studies moths Mother superiors, addressed as Mother [religious name] Studio Mother, a Japanese animation studio

See also

Ma (disambiguation) Mama (disambiguation) Mom (disambiguation) Mommy (disambiguation) Mothers (disambiguation) Mum (disambiguation) Mummy (disambiguation) Mutha (disambiguation) The Mother (disambiguation) Queen-mother (disambiguation) Mother 3, a 2006 role-playing video game