Musa

Where Musa comes from

Transliteration of Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), Persian موسی (Musâ), and Turkish Musa; ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. Doublet of Moses.
— Wiktionary's entry for Musa
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Musa through the years
  1. 745
    Musa al-Kazim born
    seventh of the Twelve Imams
  2. 1388
    Musa Çelebi born
    Ottoman prince
  3. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,724 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1970
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #469
    651 babies named Musa, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses.
Namesakes
  • Musa al-Kazim · seventh of the Twelve Imams, 745–799
  • Musa Çelebi · Ottoman prince, 1388–1413
  • Musa Barrow · Gambian association football player, born 1998
  • Musa Gareyev · Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, 1922–1987
  • Musa Anter · Turkish writer, 1917–1992

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.