Moses name meaning

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Updated: March 17th, 2024
Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl
Usage: English, German, Old Norse, Greenlandic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Tamil
Pronunciation: m(o)-ses
Meaning: Drawn out, Saved, Son, Son Of, Deliver, Foundling, Drew Out and Son of the Nile
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What does Moses mean?

The prevalent and perennial unisex name Moses is used especially in German, English, Greenlandic, Old Norse, Tamil, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish is originated from Egyptian, English, Hebrew, Arabic and German, Moses means "Drawn out of the Water, Saved, Son, Son Of, Deliver, Foundling, Drew Out or Son of the Nile".

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How do I pronounce Moses?

Two syllabled Moses is most commonly pronounced as m(o)-ses.

Variants of Moses

Moeshe, Moïsette

Nicknames for Moses

Possible nicknames for baby name Moses include:

Names that rhyme with Moses

How popular is the name Moses?

Moses was a popular name in United States. Over 39148 babies have been given the first name in 146 years. At its zenith in 1880, the moniker grabbed the 119th spot and 657 baby boys were given the name.

However the graph is now showing a downward trend after 146 years but still going strong on charts. Moreover, the given name has been to the top 500 baby names an astonishing 111 times

Moses is a familiar baby name in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 500 names.

In 2006, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 481 on boy names chart when 76 babies were given the name Moses. Over 1179 babies in England and Wales have been named Moses.

The given name is a unique baby name in Netherlands, during its short term of usage, the name has been to the top 500 names. Recently in 2019, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 483 on boy names chart when 31 babies were named Moses.

Moses is an uncommon baby name in still in use in Ireland. In France, it has been in use since 1986 and achieved its top ranking of 2454 in 1986. Also, it appeared first time in 2001 on baby boy names list of Belgium.

Moses is a rare baby name in Netherlands where it is still in use. However things change on global perspective, Moses is extremely popular in Uganda where every 1 in 90 have the name as well as in, Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia.

Also the baby name is popular in South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, South Sudan, Cameroon, Namibia, Indonesia, Mozambique and India. As per our research, over 1760000 people has been named Moses globally.

YearBoysGirls
RankBirthsRankBirths
2018498573
2017475618
2016462657
2015468633
2014483582
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Moses in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Finland16427100

Numerological aspects of Moses

You like to think you are an intuitive person but you are not. You hate monotony and everything that has to be done in routine. You love to help the people you care for. You don't have time for people who don't have time for themselves. Leave your sense of morality for another life. You are all about justice and can't stand people who interfere in other people's lives. You have to understand that not everyone is willing and excited to succeed in life as you are.

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  •  Muriel - Muriel's meaning is Bright Sea, Angel of June or Sea-bright came from Hebrew, Celtic and Irish, principally used in German, Swedish and French is given to both genders
  •  Lia - Origin of Customary Lia is in Latin and Hebrew is used principally in Norwegian and Hebrew, meaning of Lia is "Lioness or Hard Working" is a gender insensitive name
  •  Ferdinand - Persistent and Illustrous Ferdinand chiefly is used in Faroese, French and Spanish aimed at baby boys which originated from Gothic and German, meaning of Ferdinand is "Strong Man or Bold"
  •  Francisco - Used mostly in Norwegian, Spanish and Danish long standing and commonly accepted, Francisco has its origin in Italian and Latin, Francisco means "Little Frenchman or Little Frenchwoman" is used for both sexes
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Middle names for Moses

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Famous people named Moses

  • Moses Amyraut, French Huguenot
  • Moses Shapira, Jerusalem antiquities dealer and purveyor of allegedly forged Biblical artifacts
  • Moses the Black, ascetic monk and priest in Egypt
  • Moses in Islam, most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran
  • Moses Stuart, an American biblical scholar, was born in Wilton
  • Moses Rosen, was Chief Rabbi of Romanian
  • Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, central figure in the historical development of Kabbalah
  • Moses de León, Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
  • Moses Sheppard, Baltimore businessman, a Friend, a philanthropist
  • Moses Horowitz, etc
  • Moses Rose, ), was according to Texas legend the only man
  • Moses Kimhi, medieval Jewish biblical commentator and grammarian
  • Moses Formwalt, first mayor of the city of Atlanta, which was then
  • Moses Harris, English entomologist and engraver
  • Moses Soave, Italian Hebraist;
  • Moses ben Jacob of Coucy, French Tosafist and authority on Halakha
  • Moses Coit Tyler, American author and professor of American history
  • Moses Israel Fürst, merchant and financier of Hamburg, Germany
  • Moses Ephraim, Dutch banker, perhaps born in present-day Germany
  • Moses Dobruška, first cousin once removed of Jacob Frank
  • Moses Tanui, former Kenyan long-distance runner
  • Moses Josef Rubin, Hasidic Jewish cleric in Romania and later
  • Moses Abigdor Lichtenstadt, Hebraist and Talmud scholar from Lublin, Poland
  • Moses Brings Plenty, Oglala Lakota television, film, and stage actor
  • Moses Harvey, Irish-born Newfoundland clergyman
  • Moses M. Beachy, founding bishop of the Beachy Amish Mennonite churches in 1927 and a former bishop
  • Moses Nichols, American physician, soldier
  • Moses Mathendele Dlamini, Swazi political figure
  • Moses Blackman, South African-born British crystallographer
  • Moses da Costa, 18th-century English banker
  • Moses Woodruff Dodd, founder of a publishing company that eventually became Dodd
  • Moses ben Joseph di Trani, 16th-century rabbi in Safed
  • Moses ben Hanoch, medieval rabbi
  • Moses Carver, German-American settler and slave owner of George Washington Carver
  • Moses Hogan, American composer and arranger of choral music
  • Moses Springer, Ontario businessman and political figure
  • Moses G. Farmer, electrical engineer and inventor
  • Moses Hyamson, Orthodox rabbi
  • Moses Renfroe, was one of a group of settlers
  • Moses Porges von Portheim, Bohemian-Austrian industrialist and vice-burgomaster of Prague-Smichow; knight of the Order of Franz Joseph
  • Moses French Colby, doctor and politician in Canada East
  • Moses Allen, minister of Midway
  • Moses Khumalo, South African jazz saxophonist
  • Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African jazz pianist
  • Moses Taylor, 19th-century New York merchant and banker and one of the wealthiest men of that century
  • Moses Mendelssohn, German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the 'Haskalah'
  • Moses Schönfinkel, Russian logician and mathematician
  • Moses ibn Ezra, Jewish, Spanish philosopher, linguist, and poet
  • Moses Gomberg, chemistry professor at the University of Michigan
  • Moses Anderson, bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
  • Moses E. Clapp, American lawyer and politician
  • Moses Blah, Liberian politician
  • Moses K. Armstrong, American surveyor
  • Moses Znaimer, co-founder and former head of Citytv
  • Moses Alexander, 11th Governor of Idaho

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