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Musa

Musa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Moses”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
MOO-suh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Musa is the Arabic form of Moses, the biblical and Quranic prophet. The deeper origin of Moses is ancient and debated, but Musa is the established Arabic name form.

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How popular is Musa?

2024170 per million US babies
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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 Musa in 2024566

2024 rank#524 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18805,485

Musa is rising: use over the last five years is 2.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Musa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Moshedrawn out of the water · Hebrew
  • Mosesdrawn out of the water · Hebrew
  • Moisesdrawn out of the water · Spanish
  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic

Musa questions

What does the name Musa mean?

Musa means "Moses". It comes from Arabic. Musa is the Arabic form of Moses, the biblical and Quranic prophet. The deeper origin of Moses is ancient and debated, but Musa is the established Arabic name form.

Is Musa a boy or girl name?

Musa is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Musa?

566 US babies were named Musa in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Musa?

Musa is usually pronounced MOO-suh.

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.