Moises

Where Moises comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese Moisés and Spanish Moisés.
— Wiktionary's entry for Moises
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #907 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez born
    Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
  3. 1992
    Moises Hernandez born
    Guatemalan footballer
  4. 2001
    Peak, #308
    912 babies named Moises — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Moises Hernandez · Guatemalan footballer, born 1992
  • Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez · Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, 1907–1966
  • Moises Cuevas · Roman Catholic bishop, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.