Given name & surname
Moises
Moises is a masculine given name from Portuguese, ultimately from Spanish. It is used in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Moises is a variant of Moses. A possible origin is Egyptian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Moises developed from Moisés. In Latin usage, Moises developed from Μωϋσῆς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Moises 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
Moises through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,397
- 31,345 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 912 babies
- 2025
- 502
- #587 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 502 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 587 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 912 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (112). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 41,184 as a first name in 2020; 784 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.
Moises’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Moises has a diminutive in MOYMOY. In Cebuano usage, Moises developed from the Spanish form Moisés. Moises has a related form in Moses.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Moises has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mosheequivalent
- Musaequivalent
- Moussaequivalent
- Mousaequivalent
- Moisheequivalent
- Moiseequivalent
- Mozesequivalent
- Moshehequivalent
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- Moscheequivalent
- Muuseequivalent
- Moiseiequivalent
- Moisseyequivalent
- Moïseequivalent
- Μωυσήςequivalent
- Моисейequivalent
- Mózesequivalent
- Moosesequivalent
- Mosèequivalent
- Moisisequivalent
- משהequivalent
- Mojżeszequivalent
- Мошеequivalent
- Movsesequivalent
- Մովսեսequivalent
- Μωϋσῆςroot · Ancient Greek
- Moiséssource · Spanish, Portuguese
People named Moises
- Moises Frumencio da Costa GomezPrime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles1907–1966
- Moises CuevasRoman Catholic bishopborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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