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

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