Given name & surname · Greek
Μωυσής
Μωυσής (Moysís) is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Moses.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Μωυσής comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Μωϋσῆς, from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Μωυσής’s family of names
In Greek usage, Μωυσής has a feminine form in Μωυσή. In Greek usage, Μωυσής has a conventional equivalent in the French form Moïse. In Greek usage, Μωυσής has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Моисей.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Μωυσής has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
29 related names in 33 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mosheequivalent
- MusaIndonesian
- MosesDanish, English
- Moisesequivalent
- Moussaequivalent
- Mousaequivalent
- Moisheequivalent
- MoseGerman
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- Moiseequivalent
- Moshehequivalent
- Mozesequivalent
- MoysesLatin
- Moiseiequivalent
- Мошеequivalent
- МоисейRussian
- Μωυσήfeminine form · Greek
- MoïseFrench
- Movsesequivalent
- Մովսեսequivalent
- Muuseequivalent
- Moscheequivalent
- Moisseyequivalent
- मूसाHindi
- MoisèsFriulian, Catalan
- MoosesFinnish, Estonian
- MaoisScottish Gaelic
- МојсијеSerbo-Croatian
- МойсейRussian, Bulgarian
- MojżeszPolish
- MózesHungarian
- MozėLithuanian
- MojsijeCroatian
- 모세Korean
- 摩西Chinese
- MosèItalian
- MoisésSpanish, Galician
- モーセJapanese
- MoseoEsperanto
- משהHebrew, Yiddish
- მოსეGeorgian
- MósèYoruba
- MoizezBreton
- موسىArabic
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