Musa (name)

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

Musa is a male given 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 1312–37
Musa Sor, Yazidi saint

Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
Antonius Musa, Roman botanist and physician
Balkisu Musa (born 1970), Nigerian weightlifter
Banū Mūsā, 9th century Persian family of scholars
Igor Musa, 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, Prime Minister of Belize from 1996 to 2008

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).