Given name & surname
Moyses
Moyses is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Moyses is a variant of Moses. A possible origin is Egyptian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latin usage, Moyses developed from Μωϋσῆς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Moyses 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
Moyses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 137
- 137 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Moyses’s family of names
In Latin usage, Moyses shares an earlier linguistic root with Mōsēs. In Latin usage, Moyses has a related form in Moises. Moyses has a related form in Moses.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Moyses has relatives in 5 languages.
8 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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