THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Moises
Moises is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Moisés.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈmojses/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈmoɪ̯.sɛs]Standard-Tagalog
- /mojˈses/Standard-Tagalog
- [moɪ̯ˈsɛs]Standard-Tagalog
Moi · ses2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Moisés, from Latin Mōȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Moses
Wiktionary: Moises (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Moisés.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Moises (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Portuguese Moisés and Spanish Moisés.
A male given name.
Wiktionary: Moises (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Moises in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Moises
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Moses·Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Kisses♀English form: kisses
- Moesher·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Moira♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Monte·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mople·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Morris♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ulyses·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Moises?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Moises
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Moises (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Moises (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Moises (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.