Musa (name)

Musa is a male name of Semitic origin.

Musa

Pronunciation	Arabic pronunciation: [muːsaː]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Hebrew
Meaning	See "Moses" for hypotheses
Other names
Alternative spelling	Mosa, Moosa, Mousa, Moussa
See also	Moses in Islam also Zulu meaning grace

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.

• Umm Musa (Jochebed), mother of prophet Musa.
• Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari also known as Umm Musa, was the wife of Caliph al-Mansur.
• Umm Musa al-Hashimiyya, was a Qahramana courtier of the caliph's harem during the reign of Caliph al-Muqtadir (r. 908–929).

See also

• Musa of Parthia, queen of Parthia c. 2 BC – AD 4
• Musa, a character from Winx Club
• All pages with titles containing Musa
• Moussa
• Musah (name)