Meaning  The name Moses has the following meaning: A savior drawn from the water. In the Bible, Moses is the leader of the Israelites, leading them out of Egypt. In the perennial favorite Bible story, God parts the Red Sea for Moses and his people in order to help them escape from the Pharoah's soldiers.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys. Popularity
As a baby boy name, Moses is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 486 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Moses fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 504 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Moses in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation The name Moses is pronounced as mo-zes Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Moses and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Moses: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Emmanuel, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Abigail, Dara, Datya, Both genders - MatthewVariants Popular Variants for the name Moses: Maois (Irish), Moe, Moise (French), Moisei (Bulgarian), Moises (Spanish), Moisey (Russian), Moishe (Hebrew), Moishye, Moisis (Greek), Moisse (Russian), Mojzesz (Hungarian), Moke, Mose (German), Moshe (Jewish), Mosheh (Hebrew), Mosya (Russian), Mosze (Polish), Moszek (Polish), Mousa (Arabic), Moyses (Greek), Moyshe (Hebrew), Moze (Lithuanian), Mozes (Hungarian), Mozses (Hungarian), Musa (Arabic) Nicknames Common nicknames for the name Moses are: Moss
Style We think the name Moses should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical boy namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Moses to be: Wise, honest and righteous rulerIn one word, you might describe Moses as a(n) " righteous" person. See other "righteous" names for boys. |
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Meaning of name Moses
