Mose
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning a form of moses; drawn from water.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Mose by the numbers
Mose was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 168 babies in 1919, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mose. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Mose
Names that are said the same way as Mose, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean water
Like Mose, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mose
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