Moishe

Where Moishe comes from

From Yiddish משה (moyshe), from Hebrew משה (moshé).
— Wiktionary's entry for Moishe
  • Yiddish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #2,438 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #1,884
    25 babies named Moishe — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,095.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Yiddish.
Namesakes

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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.