Musa
Meaning
Arabic form of Moses appearing in the Quran; Moses is most likely from Egyptian mes, "son" (the "drew out" reading is the Old Testament's own gloss)
The story
Musa is the Arabic form of Moses appearing in the Quran. The parent name's meaning is its own story: Behind the Name reads Moses as most likely from the Egyptian mes, "son", while the "drew out" reading comes from the Old Testament itself and is probably an invented etymology, a pun recorded in Exodus. The American record of Musa is young and rising through every completed decade: about 100 boys in the 1970s, about 310 in the 1990s, about 760 in the 2000s, about 2,100 in the 2010s, and about 2,700 so far this decade; the girls' side is a scattered handful in the record's early decades, absent from the published record since. A prophet's name in its Quranic form, wearing an Egyptian word for son, and carried by a line that has only ever moved up.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Musa peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
143 people · the #32,124 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 46
Among people named Musa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Musa
Most people given the name Musa in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Musa deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Musa truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Musa fits with your family’s names and surname.
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