Forename موسى

Around the globe, موسى (Musa , Moses , موسى , along with others...) is a prevalent primarily male, but very seldom female first name. The first name موسى is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is a prevalent primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Gambia, where it is a widespread masculine name, and Tanzania, where it is a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Turkey. Likewise, موسى is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish موسى is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name موسى

name Moisey, name Мойша, name Mwsa, name Мойжеш, name Moscheh, name Mose, name موشيه, name Mouza, name Movses, name Mosheh, name Mojžíš, name Moisés, name Mousa, name Мозеш, name Mózes, name Mūsā, name Мусій, name Moisej, name Mojzesz, name Moïse, name Mojsej, name Мойсей, name מוזס, name Моше, name মোজেস, name Moše, name Mussa, name Мойше, name Мойзес, Мойсес, name Mojżesz, name Muso, name Moshe, name Moisès, name Мусса, name موسی, name Mooses, name Musa, name Moise, name Muuse, name Moysey, name مويسيس, name Moussa, name Муса, name 摩斯, name Moosa, name Moses, name מואיז, name Mosè, name Мовсес, name Мозес, name Mosa, name Mosze, name 摩西, name Moisei, name Mozes, name משה, name Моисей, name موسى

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Moussa, Musa, Moses, Mussa	Tanzania, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkey
موسى	Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt
Mousa, Moosa	Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Turkey
Mosè	United States, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

First names said to be same

Moise, Moisei, Moisej, Moisey, Moisès, Moisés, Mojsej, Mojzesz, Mojżesz, Mojžíš, Mooses, Mosa, Moscheh, Mose, Moshe, Mosheh, Mosze, Mouza, Movses, Moysey, Mozes, Moïse, Moše, Muso, Muuse, Mwsa, Mózes, Mūsā, Мовсес, Мозес, Мозеш, Моисей, Мойжеш, Мойзес, Мойсес, Мойсей, Мойша, Мойше, Моше, Муса, Мусса, Мусій, מואיז, מוזס, משה, موسی, موشيه, مويسيس, মোজেস, 摩斯, 摩西, and

First name موسى in the context

موسى is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Moses in Islam , the one of the most important prophets in Islam, The Qur’an; Moses Puloki , the fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise; Jon Sable , the American comic book character; Musa , the character from novel Đurađ Branković : a historical novel and Moses , the main protagonist of the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	موسى الأسود monk, priest and martyr in Egypt, EG (b. 320)
	موسى بن نصير Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716), SA (b. 640)
	موسى بن عقبة arab Historian and Traditionalist, SA (b. 674)
	موسى بن جعفر الكاظم Seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE), SA (b. 745)
	موسى بن علي بن رباح abbasid governor of Egypt and scholar, EG (b. 708)
	موسى بن عيسى بن موسى provincial Abbasid governor, IQ (b. 746)
	موسى الناطق بالحق (b. 806)
	موسى المبرقع SA (b. 829)
	الأشرف موسى Ayyubid emir of Damascus 1229–1237, EG (b. 1182)
	الأشرف الثاني موسى Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt 1250-1255, EG (b. 1245)
	موسى محي الدين Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet, IQ (b. 1801)
	موسى كاظم الحسيني Palestinian politician (1853–1934), IL (b. 1853)
	موسى الطالقاني Iraqi faqih and poet, IQ (b. 1815)
	موسى المحسني Iranian Islamic scholar and poet, IR (b. 1823)
	سلامه موسى Egyptian newspaper editor, EG (b. 1887)