Moses (given name)

Moses (Greek: Μωϋσῆς),[NB 1] Moishe (Yiddish: משה‎),[NB 2] Moshe (Hebrew: משה‎),[NB 3] or Movses (Armenian: Մովսես) [NB 4] is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses.

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According to the Torah, the name "Moses" comes from the Hebrew verb, meaning "to pull out/draw out" [of water], and the infant Moses was given this name by Pharaoh's daughter after she rescued him from the Nile (Exodus 2:10)[1] After the deciphering of hieroglyphs and the beginning of Egyptology science it was postulated that the name of Moses, with a similar pronunciation as the Hebrew Moshe is the Egyptian word for Son, with the Pharaohs named Tutmose called so as the "son of Tut".

There are various ways of pronouncing the Hebrew name of Moses, for example in Ashkenazi western European it would be pronounced Mausheh, in Eastern Europe Moysheh, in northern Islamic countries Moussa, and in Yemen Mesha. The nicknames are accordingly (usually with emphasis on the first sylable) Moishe, Moysh, Maish, Moeez, Mo, Moyshee, Musie (pronounced Mooziyeh).

Jews named with the Hebrew name of Moses, commonly held a similar name in the language of the countries where they were born or lived. In Europe they were named Maurici, Maurice, Morris, Mauricio. In Arabic speaking countries, along with Moussa - the Arabic name for Moses, they were also named Mustafa.[2]