Given name & surname · also Slovene

Muha

“fly”

Muha is a surname from Slovene, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Muha goes back to Proto-Slavic *muxa, meaning “fly.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Muha comes from Slovene, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Muha as a surname developed from MOUCHA. In English usage, Muha as a surname developed from MUCHA.

Muha’s family of names

In English usage, Muha as a surname developed from the Czech form MOUCHA. In English usage, Muha as a surname has a related form in MUCHA. In English usage, Muha as a surname developed from the Slovak form MUCHA.

Walk Muha’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Muha has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

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3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Muha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Buha

Buha is a surname, possibly from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Romanian.

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Slavic

Mudrik

“wise”

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Slavic

Mudryk

“wise”

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Irish

Mohar

“descendant of Mochar”

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Slavic

Duscha

“one who brings happiness” · “filled with the divine spirit”

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Slavic

Muchowski

Muchowski is a surname from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.

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Slavic

Molchan

Molchan is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Slavic

Movchan

Movchan is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Muha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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