Given name
Moesha
“drawn from the water”
Moesha is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “drawn from the water.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “drawn from the water.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,067
- 0 boys · 1,067 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 426 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 426 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 909 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Moesha’s family of names
Moesha has a related form in Moeasha. Moesha has a related form in Moeesha. Moesha has a related form in Moeysha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Moesha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Moesha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Onesha
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>99% girls
Cornesha
“a talkative woman”
>99% girls
Mykelti
“who is like God?”
>99% girls
Lenesha
“one who smiles a lot”
>99% girls
Kaneesha
“a dark-skinned beauty”
>99% girls
Karnesha
“a feisty woman”
>99% girls
Kashawna
“one who enjoys debate”
>99% girls