Given name & surname
Mousa
“a savior”
Mousa is a variant of Musa. In Arabic use, Musa carries the interpretation “a savior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mousa is a variant of Musa. In Arabic use, Musa carries the interpretation “a savior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mousa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 543
- 543 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,724 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,724 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,061 as a first name in 2020; 2,168 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.
Mousa’s family of names
Mousa has a related form in Musa. In Greek usage, Mousa as a surname is a transliteration of Μουσά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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
- Mosesequivalent
- Moisesequivalent
- Moussaequivalent
- Moisheequivalent
- Moiseequivalent
- Moshehequivalent
- Mozesequivalent
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People named Mousa
- Mousa DembéléBelgian association football player (born 1987)
- Mousa Abu MarzookHamas leaderborn 1951
- Mousa Shubairi ZanjaniIranian grand ayatollah (1928–2026)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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