Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mohsen is a variant of Moses. A possible origin is Egyptian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mohsen is a variant of Moses. The history of Moses gives this family its wider story. Moses appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mohsen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 292
- 292 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,694 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,694 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,409 as a first name in 2020; 917 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mohsen’s family of names
Mohsen has a related form in Moses. In Persian usage, Mohsen is a Roman-alphabet rendering of محسن.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mohsen
- Mehdi TaremiIranian footballer (born 1992)
- Mohsen FakhrizadehIranian general and physicist (1961–2020)
- Mohsen MakhmalbafIranian film director, writer, editor, and producerborn 1957
- Mohsen RezaeiIranian politician and senior military officerborn 1954
- Muhsin al-RamliIraqi writer and poetborn 1967
- Mohsen NamjooIranian musician, singer-songwriterborn 1976
- Mir Mohsun NavvabAzerbaijani painter, writer, calligrapher, musicologist and literary scholar (1833–1918)
- Muhsin ibn Alison of Fatimahۜ bint Muhammadﷺ and علیؑ ibn Abi Talibؑ632–632
- Mukhsin Mukhamadievfootball manager and former player1966–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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