Given name & surname
Moza
“a place of going forth”
Moza is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewמוצא
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Moza means “a place of going forth.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Moza is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasa' (יצא), “to go out or forth.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Moza appears in 1 Chronicles 2:46.
From biblical name research
Moza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 0 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 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 girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 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.
Moza’s family of names
In Greek usage, Moza as a surname is a transliteration of Μόζα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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