Moses (surname)
Moses is a surname derived from the Biblical Moses. It can be of either Jewish, Welsh, or English origin.[1] The Hebrew form of the name, Moshe, is probably of Egyptian origin, from a short form of any of various ancient Egyptian personal names, such as Ramesses and Tutmose, meaning "conceived by (a certain god)". However, very early in its history it acquired a folk etymology, being taken as a derivative of the Hebrew root verb mšh, "to draw (something from the water", a reference to the story of the infant Moses being discovered among the bulrushes by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:1-10).[2] As a Welsh family name, it was adopted among Dissenter families in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a North American family name, it has been an anglicization of foreign forms of the name, such as Moise, Moshe, or Mozes.[3]
People with this name
- A. Dirk Moses (b. 1967), Australian historian
- Albert Moses (1937–2017), Sri Lankan-born British actor
- Alfred Moses (politician) (1977–2022), Canadian politician
- Alfred H. Moses (b. 1929), American attorney and diplomat
- Alfred Huger Moses (1840–1918), American banker and investor
- Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860–1961), "Grandma Moses", American folk artist and painter
- Anthony John Moses (b. 1942), Welsh scientist
- Bob Moses (activist) (1935–2021), American civil rights activist
- Bob Moses (musician) (b. 1948), American jazz drummer
- Bob Moses (rugby league) (1940–2017), Australian rugby league footballer
- Brian Moses (b. 1950), English poet
- Burke Moses (b. 1959), American actor
- Carl E. Moses (1929–2014), American businessman and politician from Alaska
- Charles Moses (1900–1988), English head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Charles Moses (athlete) (b. 1954), Ghanaian sprinter
- Charles L. Moses (1856–1910), American politician
- Dan Mozes (b. 1983), American football player
- Daniel David Moses (1952–2020), Canadian poet
- David Moses (c. 1925–1999), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
- David Lokonga Moses (contemporary), Sudanese politician, governor of Yei River State, South Sudan
- Dylan Moses (born 1998), American football player
- Ed Moses (artist) (1926–2018), American artist
- Ed Moses (physicist) (contemporary), American physicist
- Ed Moses (swimmer) (b. 1980), American swimmer
- Edwin Moses (b. 1955), American track and field athlete
- Franklin J. Moses Jr. (1838–1906), American politician
- Franklin J. Moses Sr. (1804–1877), American attorney, planter, politician, and judge
- George H. Moses (1869–1944), American diplomat
- Glyn Moses (1928–2021), Welsh rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s
- Hagin ben Moses (fl. 1255–1290), English rabbi
- Harry Moses (1858–1938), Australian cricketer
- Haven Moses (b. 1946), American football player
- Helen Moses (1905–1985), American swimmer
- Henry Moses (engraver) (1781–1870), English engraver
- Henry Moses (politician) (1832–1926), Australian politician
- Henry C. Moses (1941–2008), American educator
- Ingrid Moses (b. 1941), Australian academic
- Itamar Moses (b. 1977), American author
- J. C. Moses (1936–1977), jazz drummer
- J. J. Moses (b. 1979), American football player
- Janice Moses, Trinidadian cricketer
- Jimmy Moses (b. 1965), Indian actor, playback singer, stand-up comedian, and mimicry artist
- Joel Moses (1941–2022), Israeli-American computer scientist
- John Moses (Norwegian politician) (1781–1849), member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
- John Moses (Illinois politician) (1825–1898), Illinois judge and politician
- John Moses (American politician) (1885–1945), governor of North Dakota
- John Moses (baseball) (b. 1957), American baseball player
- John Moses (priest) (born 1938), English clergyman
- John A. Moses (b. 1930), Australian historian, history educator, and Anglican priest
- Kareem Moses (b. 1990), Trinidadian footballer
- Louie Moses, US businessman
- Mark Moses (b. 1958), American actor
- Merrill Moses (b. 1977), American Olympic water polo player
- Miriam Moses (1884–1965), British politician
- Mitchell Moses (b. 1994), Australian-born Lebanese international rugby league footballer
- Noah Mozes (1912–86), Israeli newspaper publisher and managing editor
- Pablo Moses (b. 1948), Jamaican singer
- Paulus Moses (b. 1978), Namibian boxer
- Quentin Moses (b. 1983), American football player
- Raphael J. Moses (1812–1893), American lawyer, plantation owner, Confederate officer, and politician
- Remi Moses (b. 1960), British footballer
- Rick Moses (b. 1952), American actor and singer/songwriter
- Robert Moses (1888–1981), city planner for New York City
- Senta Moses (b. 1973), American actress
- Shelia P. Moses, American author
- Ted Moses (b. 1950), Canadian politician
- Teedra Moses, American R&B singer and songwriter
- Victor Moses (b. 1990), Nigerian born English footballer
- Wally Moses (1910–1990), American baseball player
- William R. Moses (b. 1959), American actor
- Wilson Jeremiah Moses (b. 1942), American historian
- Winfield Moses (b. 1943), American politician
- Yolanda T. Moses (b. 1946), anthropologist and college administrator
Arts and Entertainment
Bob Moses (band), Canadian electronic music duo
References
- Last name: Moses
- Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, page 377
- Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, page 624-5
Bibliography
- Hanks, Patrick, Dictionary of American Family Names (2003), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, (1988), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-211592-8
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