Musa (name) explained
| Musa |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | See "Moses" for hypotheses |
| Alternative Spelling: | Mosa, Moosa, Mousa, Moussa |
| Language origin: | Hebrew |
| See Also: | Moses in Islam also Zulu meaning grace |
Musa is a male name of Semitic origin.
People with the given name
- Musa al-Hadi, fourth caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (reigned from 785 to 786)
- Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Hashimi, 8th-century Abbasid governor
- Musa ibn Musa al-Hadi, an Abbasid prince and son of Al-Hadi
- Musa Aman (born 1951), Malaysian politician
- Musa Aydın (born 1980), Turkish footballer
- Musa Beg, official in Safavid Iran
- Musa Çağıran (born 1992), Turkish footballer
- Musa Çelebi, 15th-century Ottoman prince
- Musa Cälil (1906–1944), Soviet poet and World War II resistance fighter
- Musa Ćazim Ćatić (1878–1915), Bosnian poet
- Musa al-Kadhim, seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam
- Musa McKim (1908–1992), American artist and poet
- Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
- Musa Nur Amin, Somali politician
- Musa ibn Nusayr (640–716), Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads, Viceroy of North Africa since 698; invaded Spain in 711
- Mūsā ibn Shākir, Persian engineer and astronomer
- Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, leader of the muwallad Banu Qasi clan's
- Musa Hitam, Malaysian politician; former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Musa I of Mali, Mansa of the Mali Empire between 1312 and 1337
- Musa Sor, Yazidi saint
- Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer
People with the surname
- Ahmed Musa (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
- Antonius Musa, Roman botanist and physician
- Balkisu Musa (born 1970), Nigerian weightlifter
- Banū Mūsā, 9th century Persian family of scholars
- Džanan Musa (born 1999), Bosnian-Herzegovinian basketball player
- Igor Musa (born 1973), Croatian footballer
- Isaac Musa (died 2008), Liberian military official and politician
- Mansa Musa (born 1280), political figure, 10th mansa of the Mali empire (reign 1312–1337)
- Mírzá Músá (died 1887), surnamed Áqáy-i-Kalím, was the brother of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith
- Quintus Pomponius Musa, first-century Roman banker and moneyer
- Said Musa (born 1944), Prime Minister of Belize from 1996 to 2008
- Sunusi Musa (born 1978), Nigerian politician
Derived name
Umm Musa is a female name of Semitic origin. It meaning is mother of Musa.
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