Given name

Mûsa

“given by God”

Mûsa is a given name, possibly from Arabic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mûsa possibly goes back to Arabic موسى, meaning “given by God.”

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Where it comes from

Mûsa possibly comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Arabic موسى.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mûsa’s family of names

In Kurdish usage, Mûsa has a conventional equivalent in the French form Moïse.

Walk Mûsa’s family in the name graph

MûsaMusaMoïse

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Mûsa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic

Mulla

“mullah”

No U.S. birth series

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Maïssa

“twinkling star”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Maÿssa

“twinkling star”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Mulè

“chief, lord, master”

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Murtuza

Murtuza is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Azerbaijani.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Mukaddes

“holy, sacred”

No U.S. birth series

42% boys · 58% girls

Arabic

Müfit

Müfit is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Melha

Melha is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mûsa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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