Moses
Moses is a boy name of Hebrew origin, meaning Drawn from the water; deliverer.
What Moses means
Drawn from the water; deliverer.
Moses sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Moses comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Moses is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Moses?
You will not find Moses in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Moses
Two ideas meet in Moses: Celebrity, scripture and water and the sea. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Themes: Celebrity, Biblical, Water
Names like Moses
These share Moses's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Shiloh — Peaceful one; a gift.
- Banks — Dweller by the riverbank.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.
- Genesis — Origin; the beginning.
- Matthew — Gift of God.
- Stormi — Stormy weather; a tempestuous spirit.
- Asher — Happy, blessed, fortunate.
- Benjamin — Son of the right hand.
- Caleb — Whole-hearted; faithful.
- Daniel — God is my judge.
- David — Beloved.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.