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Latin spelling of Μωυσῆς, Μωσῆς Mō(y)sēs, a Greek form of the Hebrew name מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh) of uncertain meaning. Some possibilities:
1) Egyptian mes, mesu = 'son' [1] [2]
2) Hebrew mosheh = 'deliver'
3) Arabic musa = 'foundling'
4) Hebrew mushah = 'drew out' [1] [3] [2]
5) Egyptian moshe = 'son of the Nile'
6) Egyptian mesu = 'child' [4] [3]
Moises | ♂ |
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Moorsasi | ♂ |
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Moorsisi | ♂ |
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Moose | ♂ |
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Mooses | ♂ |
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Môrsase | ♂ |
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Môrsise | ♂ |
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Mosa | ♂ |
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Mose | ♂ |
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Moses | ♂ |
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Móses | ♂ |
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Mosu | ♂ |
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Muokko | ♂ |
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Muoses | ♂ |
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Muoso | ♂ |
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See also Moshe (English)/Mosche (German), Mosse, Musa (Arabic)
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Moses |
Genitive: | Moses' |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Moses |
Genitive: | Moseksin |
Partitive: | Mosesta |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Moses |
Genitive: | Moses' |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Moses |
Genitive: | Moses' / Moses |
Sweden |
20 December |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[7] |
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399 | 679 | 0 | 12 | 399 | 667 |
Greenland[8] |
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43 | 172 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[9] |
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n.a. |
181 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
181 |
Denmark[10] |
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89 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
89 | n.a. |
Iceland[11] |
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3 | 4 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
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93 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
93 | n.a. |
#: 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. |
Regional distribution of Moses (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.