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Moises

Moises: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“drawn out of the water”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
moy-SEHS · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish and Portuguese form of Moses. The traditional explanation comes from the biblical account in which Moses is drawn from the Nile.

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How popular is Moises?

2024171 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Moises in 2024568

2024 rank#523 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 188030,891

Moises has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Moises

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Moshedrawn out of the water · Hebrew
  • Mosesdrawn out of the water · Hebrew
  • MusaMoses · Arabic
  • Mateogift of God · Spanish
  • SantiagoSaint James · Spanish
  • Thiagosupplanter · Spanish
  • JoseGod will add · Spanish
  • Diegosupplanter · Spanish

Moises questions

What does the name Moises mean?

Moises means "drawn out of the water". It comes from Spanish. Spanish and Portuguese form of Moses. The traditional explanation comes from the biblical account in which Moses is drawn from the Nile.

Is Moises a boy or girl name?

Moises is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Moises?

568 US babies were named Moises in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Moises?

Moises is usually pronounced moy-SEHS.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.