MEANING & HISTORY
What does Musa mean?
Musa is documented as a transliteration of Arabic Mūsā and related Persian and Turkish forms, corresponding to Moses. This is a well-established cross-language name relationship.
The deeper etymology of Moses is less straightforward: a likely Egyptian connection and a Hebrew biblical drawing-out explanation should remain distinct. Musa therefore should not be given one confident literal water-related translation. Its place in an Arabic naming tradition does not establish the religion or ethnicity of every modern bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Transliteration of Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), Persian موسی (Musâ), and Turkish Musa; ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. Doublet of Moses.
A male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Moses.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
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
Musa in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Musa
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
- Murad♂Desired or wished for
- Mutya♀Pearl; something especially prized
- Jesusa♀Feminine form of Jesús; the Lord saves
- Mustafa·The chosen one
- Mukhtar·Chosen or selected
- Mulong♂Romulo familiar form with -ng
- Muriel·Sea and brightness in its Gaelic name family
- Murphy·Surname from the Murchadh name family
What rhymes with Musa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Musa
2 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 — Musa (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — moses (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Underlying Moses name has likely Egyptian and biblical Hebrew explanations, distinguished.