Moyses
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Greek Mōÿsēs, from Hebrew mōšeh 'drawn out'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mujsɛʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Moyses is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 99K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- NINicaragua≈1 in 105K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 105 (measured from records)
- 1 in 99K (inferred from the name graph)
2,136 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- GreekMōÿsēs(measured from records)
- Hebrewmōšeh(measured from records)
from Greek Mōÿsēs, from Hebrew mōšeh 'drawn out'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Moyses counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 2,136 | 1 in 99K | 2.1K | Moyses | 105 |
| US United States | 255 | 1 in 1.3M | 255 | Moyses | 72 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 221K | — | Moyses | 8 |
| PE Peru | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 478K | — | Moyses | 21 |
| NI Nicaragua | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Moyses | 6 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 319K | — | Moyses | 4 |
| HN Honduras | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 439K | — | Moyses | 4 |
2,136 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Moyses is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Moses, biblical name from Hebrew Moshe
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, Synonym of Moses (the Hebrew prophet)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, obsolete spelling of Moisés
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, obsolete form of Moses (“the biblical figure Moses”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Moses of Choreneb. 410TRnot in their usual name5th-century Armenian historian
- Al-Hadib. 761IQnot in their usual nameArab Abbasid Caliph (r. 785-786)
- Moses Mendelssohnb. 1729DEnot in their usual nameGerman-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)
- Moses Hessb. 1812DEnot in their usual nameGerman philosopher (1812–1875)
- John Moses Browningb. 1855USnot in their usual namefirearms designer of the United States (1855-1926)
- Joseph Rothb. 1894ATnot in their usual nameAustrian novelist and journalist (1894–1939)
- Moses Nagamootoob. 1947GYnot in their usual nameGuyanese politician and novelist
- Moses Maloneb. 1955USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (1955–2015)
- Moses Ingramb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Bukayo Sakab. 2001GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 2001)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 2.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.1K | #4,890 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 1.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 1.6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 1.4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.3K | #7,868 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 1.3K | #3,192 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 1.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 937 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 612 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1960 | 325 | — |
Reference works 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Moyses mean, and where does it come from?
- from Greek Mōÿsēs, from Hebrew mōšeh 'drawn out' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Moyses?
- In the etymology graph, Musa, Moses and Moshe are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Moyses?
- A machine transcription gives /mujsɛʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- Is Moyses a male or female name?
- Moyses is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Moyses have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Moyses, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled moyses.
- Where is Moyses most common?
- Moyses is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 99 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Moyses?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 2,136 people named Moyses in 2022, about 1 in 99 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Moyses?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moysesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moyses”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.