Mosa
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Mosa by the numbers
Mosa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mosa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mosa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Musamoses; one who draws out798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moosaa form of Moses6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mousadrawn from the water; form of Moses9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mosea form of moses; drawn from water13 in the US (2017)
- Mossmoss; a surname used as given name9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moshadrawn from water; a form of moses7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mosa
Names that are said the same way as Mosa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Moussawho is like god; arabic form of Moses7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mosa
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