Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Movses is a romanization of Մովսես. Մովսես comes from Old Armenian.
Explained through its name family
Movses’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Movses is a transliteration of Մովսես.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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
- Mosesequivalent
- Moisesequivalent
- Moussaequivalent
- Mousaequivalent
- Moisheequivalent
- Moiseequivalent
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People named Movses
- Movses Khorenatsi5th-century Armenian historian410–487
- Movses KaghankatvatsiArmenian historian
- Movses SilikyanArmenian general1862–1937
- Movses GorgisyanArmenian activist1961–1990
- Movses HakobyanNagorno-Karabakh military leaderborn 1965
- AraziArmenian writer (1878–1964)
- Movses BaghramianArmenian revolutionary
- Movses KarapetyanOlympic wrestlerborn 1978
- Movses Abeliancivil servantborn 1963
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