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MOSES

MOSES  

Gender: M
Origin: Egyptian
Meaning: "delivered from the water"

Popularity in 2008: #495

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's choice of this white-bearded Old Testament name brings it into the modern age, along with brethren Elijah, Isaiah, and Isaac. User-friendly nicknames include Moe and Mose.

International Variations:
Mousa, Musa, Mozes (Arabic) Moisei (Bulgarian) Moïse (French) Moisis, Moyses (Greek) Mózes, Mozses, Mojzesz (Hungarian) Maois (Irish Gaelic) Moze (Lithuanian) Mosze, Moszek (Polish) Moises (Portuguese) Mosya, Moisse, Moisey (Russian) Móizes (Slavic) Moshe, Moishe, Mosheh, Moyshe (Yiddish)

Popularity Rank

Rank in US Top 1000