Given name · also Latin

Mooses

Mooses is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mooses comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Estonian usage, Mooses developed from Μωσῆς. In Finnish usage, Mooses developed from Μωϋσῆς.

Mooses’s family of names

In Estonian usage, Mooses developed from the Ancient Greek form Μωσῆς. In Estonian usage, Mooses has a conventional equivalent in the French form Moïse. In Finnish usage, Mooses developed from the Ancient Greek form Μωϋσῆς.

Walk Mooses’s family in the name graph

MoosesMosesMoisesMosheMusaMoussaMousaMoisheMoiseMoshehMozesMovsesMoisisMuuseMoscheMoiseiMoisseyמשהMojżeszMoisèsΜωυσήςMoïseՄովսեսMoisésМоисей

The ring: 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.

Around the world

Mooses has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Ancient GreekLatin

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

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Mikaa'el

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Shelesh

“triad” · “third”

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Heresh

“silent” · “esoteric”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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