A Name Story by Houdhoud
مُوسَى
Musa
MOO-sa
“Drawn from water.”
About Musa
Musa is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "drawn from water" — an Arabic-Arabic-Hebrew name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Of Hebrew origin. Name of the Prophet Musa ﷺ, the most-mentioned prophet in the Qur'an.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Arabic (Hebrew root)
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Moosa, Moses
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Musa is one such word.
In the Qur’an
Surah 28 : Ayah 30
فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ مِن شَاطِئِ الْوَادِ الْأَيْمَنِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
“But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot — from the tree, 'O Musa, indeed I am Allah, Lord of the worlds.'”
Saheeh International translation · sourced from Tanzil
Musa appears in the Qur'an directly. The verse above is one of those mentions.
Across history
Who has carried Musa before.
- The Prophet Musa ﷺ
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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