Moyses
Moyses is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Latin.
- Biblical Latin
Meaning & Origin of Moyses
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Moyses is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Latin.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Latin
The Story of Moyses
American parents first put Moyses on the record books as a baby boy name in 1992, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 11 Moysess were born — ranking #6,013 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Moysess. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 137 Moysess have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Moyses
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About the name Moyses
Moyses is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 137 births in the dataset. Moyses's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #6,013. Use the chart and map above to compare Moyses's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.