Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mosheh 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 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mosheh 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
Mosheh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 71 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −60%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mosheh’s family of names
Mosheh has a related form in Moses. In German usage, Mosheh has a related form in MOSCHE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mosheh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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