Moses

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Biblical name of uncertain meaning. Some possibilities:

1) Egyptian mus (mes, mesu?) = 'son'

2) Hebrew mosheh = 'deliver'

3) Arabic musa = 'foundling'

4) Hebrew mushah = 'drew out'

5) Egyptian moshe = 'son of the Nile'

6) Egyptian ? = 'child' [1]

Related Names

     
Moises ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Moose ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mooses ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mosa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mose ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Moses ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Móses ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Mosse ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Mossi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mosu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Muokko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Muoses ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Muoso ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Day

Sweden Sweden

20 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1573 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 7 243 411
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 49 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 31 54
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 3 n.a 115
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][3][4][5]:Name statistics for Moses(m)


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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