Moshe
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning drawn out; form of Moses.
How Moshe has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #535 |
| 2016 | #549 |
| 2017 | #527 |
| 2018 | #517 |
| 2019 | #513 |
| 2020 | #517 |
| 2021 | #479 |
| 2022 | #501 |
| 2023 | #470 |
| 2024 | #491 |
| 2025 | #436 |
Moshe by the numbers
In 2025, 52 babies in England and Wales were named Moshe. In the US, 508 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 531 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Moses
Like Moshe, each of these traces back to Moses: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Moisesdrawn from the water; Spanish variant of Moses745 in the US (2017)
- Moussawho is like god; arabic form of Moses7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moosaa form of Moses6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moisedrawn from the water; form of Moses14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mousadrawn from the water; form of Moses9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mussaone who is drawn out of water; form of Moses4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moshe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Moishedrawn from the water; a form of Moses23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mosea form of moses; drawn from water13 in the US (2017)
- Moshadrawn from water; a form of moses7 in the US (2017)
- Moshehdrawn out; variant spelling of moses6 in the US (2017)
- Mosie5 in the US (2017)
- Mosesdrawn out or rescued from water618 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Moshe
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