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
Along the way
  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, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #469
    651 babies named Musa — more than any year before or since.
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.