Name
Moses
Meaning
Moses is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning “drawn out of the water”.
In the book of Exodus, Pharaoh's daughter names the baby she rescues from the Nile Moses because she drew him out of the water. Scholars suspect the name's deeper root is the Egyptian word for son, found in names like Thutmose, which only adds to its layered history.
Steady, never trendy; consistently in the US top 1000 for over a century.
Popularity in the United States
Boys
Ranked #515 in 2025 · peak #436 in 1981
Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.
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Moses is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning “drawn out of the water”. In the book of Exodus, Pharaoh's daughter names the baby she rescues from the Nile Moses because she drew him out of the water.
Moses is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Steady, never trendy; consistently in the US top 1000 for over a century.
The name Moses comes from Hebrew. In the book of Exodus, Pharaoh's daughter names the baby she rescues from the Nile Moses because she drew him out of the water. Scholars suspect the name's deeper root is the Egyptian word for son, found in names like Thutmose, which only adds to its layered history.
Moses is pronounced MOH-zes.
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