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Moshe
Pronounced /ˈmoʊʃɛ/
Rank in 2024
#490
Born in 2024
626
Peak year
2023 · #462
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 626 boys were named Moshe, about 1 in every 2,740.
- It peaked in 2023 with 663 babies, ranked #462.
- It first shows up in the records in 1942.
- 17,266 boys have been named Moshe since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Moshe per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 30 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 588 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,155 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,860 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,811 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,822 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Hebrew. Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.
- A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, equivalent to English Moses.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmoʊʃɛ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Moshe, CC BY-SA 4.0.