Moshe

Where Moshe comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew. Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.
— Wiktionary's entry for Moshe
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1138
    Moshe ben Maimon born
    Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain
  2. 1915
    Moshe Dayan born
    Israeli military leader and politician
  3. 1942
    First appearance
    #2,523 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #435
    728 babies named Moshe — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, equivalent to English Moses.
Namesakes
  • Moshe ben Maimon · Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain, 1138–1204
  • Moshe Dayan · Israeli military leader and politician, 1915–1981
  • Moshe Katsav · 8th President of Israel, born 1945
  • Moshe Sharett · 2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955, 1894–1965
  • Moshe Safdie · Israeli-Canadian architect, born 1938

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.