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

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

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)