Boy name Hausa origin Muslim tradition

Musa

MOO-sah · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Hausa form of Moses.
Language
Hausa
Culture
Hausa/West African
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
biblical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#525
2024 births566
Peak year2024
First appeared1970
Total US births5,454
2024 peak19701984199720112024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Mu
Alternate spellings
Mussa
In other languages
Moses

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