Given name · also Turkish
Musab
Musab is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Musab comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish مصعب, from Arabic مُصْعَب.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Musab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 919
- 919 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 67
- #2,160 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 67 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,160 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 707 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.
Musab’s family of names
Musab may belong to the same name family as MUSSAB. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Musab
- Musab Al-JuwayrSaudi footballerborn 2003
- Mosab Abu TohaPalestinian poet, scholar, and librarian from the Gaza Stripborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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