Moses

My admiration for Moses has increased after watching "The Prince of Egypt" on YouTube! If I marry a girl named Mariam someday, I wanna name our son "Muhammad Aaron Moses bin Muhammad Khaliq Farhan" in honor of his mother's biblical namesake!

Too Biblical. You might as well name your son Jesus. I could never date or marry someone with this name. I would feel like I was deflowering a monk or committing a grave sin of some kind. I can imagine guys with this name feeling a lot of pressure to be perfect.

I think Moses is a very cool unique name. Although it's true that it may be “a lot to carry” or “hard to live up to”, I don't think that should stop someone from giving their child this name. I mean, people name their children Emmanuel all the time, and no one can live up to Jesus, as He is holy. However, the reason they give their children the name Emmanuel is not so that they'll be perfect, but rather to honor God. The same is true with Moses; no one would expect him to be perfect (and if they did, that would be their fault, not Moses's). But it's still a beautiful name in honor of the courageous biblical figure.

I see 'mosses'. Every single time, man.

You don’t need to be Jewish to have this name, guys.

To me It sounds like a name that is outmoded, a name that is odd, a name that is holier than thou, the sort of name where the guy has to do a lot or be a lot in order to distract you from it. I am shocked when someone is named Moses. I think that when you think of how old Tamron Hall is and Her son's Dad and that she was raised Christian and he Jewish that yes you get why they named that kid that but ordinarily no people would not go 'look, what a cute, stylish name'. I think Tamron did it for attention too, since she is famous.

I can only think of the Biblical figure, sorry. To me it’s like naming your child Jesus in the US and not expecting people commenting on the biblical relation.

Beautiful name, it's lovely and not very common.

To you who said that Moses reminds you of a Jewish stereotype: WHAT THE...! How did you get that!? Moses is such a lovely name! Please get that out of your head!

I adore this name! I love how cute it is and I would totally use it if I had a boy.

This is a heavy name to lay on a baby boy. I think it is best left to history. I know one Moses and he has not lived up to the expectations of the name, not even close. So perhaps that clouds my judgement.

First off, it sounds hopelessly old-fashioned. Secondly, imagine the teasing!

I am Jewish and this is my little brother's name. We call him Mocco, Mo, or Mohac for nicknames. Moses itself is really severe but it has a bunch of cute nicknames.

The name Moses has a lot of greatness attached to it. I am Chidiebere Moses Ogbodo. Starting from Chidiebere which means; God is Merciful, and Ogbodo which means in my perspective: The Gates, in which you are opportune to decide what should be allowed into your life (Gate).

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Then “Moses” in my opinion means the leader of his people. The fore-frontier. The people named/called Moses, tend to always stand in place for others. They are risk takers and so selfless. I am a living testimony to this and can stand to share my numerous experiences. The common weakness of Moses is: they put people before themselves and most of the time, those people used to think that they were too special- that is why he is always thinking about them before himself. Moses is blessed, coupled with mercy and the gates of unlimited blessings from the highest God in Heaven.

My grandfather's name was Moses, but in Spanish, 'Moises'. I now regret not giving at least one of my son's that name as a middle name. It's a BIG name, so historical... almost kingly. It's not common at all and very interesting.

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The nickname my grandfather used was Moy. My grandmother called him Moy till the day my Tata died. Blessings to all the Moses/Moises born from this point on because your mom's were researching your name.

I hate this Anglicized version of the name. Moses sounds like "nose" and reminds me of an old man with a big nose (and Moses being a major figure in Judaism, this reinforces the stereotype of Jews having big noses).

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I prefer the Hebrew Mosheh or the Spanish Moisés. Why must the English language butcher a lot of Biblical names?

In theory, Moses is a good name, so I will not fulminate about it too much. The pronunciation, though... Moses has such an unappealing, unattractive sound. Over the years I have met a few with the name, and it hasn't seemed to genuinely "fit" them. When one thinks of Moses as a name, you think of the Bible (which is fine, but in this case it is so strong that I feel it almost detaches and separates Moses; it isn't "just a name," it is only "Moses from the Bible").

I like this name a lot. Moses was always one of my favorite Biblical characters, and the name has a nice sound. Something I have noticed is that this name seems to have been much more popular among non-white people, especially in the 19th century with African-Americans. I can see how it would have had a more symbolic meaning then, as Moses led his people out of slavery.

I like this name.

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In regards to the above poster, it's ridiculous to say a name needs to be restricted to people with a certain hair color.

I'm not big on Biblical names, but this one doesn't sound as pompous and foreign as all those ludicrous -iah names. Plus, the name can be shortened to Moe. It sounds okay on dark-haired, preferably Jewish guys, but Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have a blond son named Moses, and that's ridiculous.

Gwyneth is in fact Jewish and raise her children under that religion.

I disagree with this comment. There are plenty of Jews with blond hair (despite what a lot of people believe). I do agree that it best suits Jewish guys, though. This name isn't really my style; it's just okay.

Not that I'm anti-Semitic, but it doesn't sound like a good name for a human. It would however, make a good name for a big cat. :)

LOL. Yeah, I suppose any cat would rather be drawn out of water than thrown in. What the cat was doing in the water in the first place I don't know. ;)

This is a lovely name to call your son!

This is such a cute name! I would love to name a boy Moses!