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)". The Arabic form of the name is Musa. 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 include:

• A. Dirk Moses (b. 1967), Australian historian
• Adolph S. Moses (1840–1902), German-American rabbi
• 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
• Esmond Moses (born 1974), Micronesian politician
• 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
• Isaac S. Moses (1847–1926), German-American rabbi
• 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) (1938–2024), English clergyman
• John A. Moses (1930–2024), Australian historian, history educator, and Anglican priest
• Kareem Moses (b. 1990), Trinidadian footballer
• Lincoln Moses (1921–2006), American biostatistician
• Louie Moses, American businessman
• Margaret Veronica Moses (1940–1975), Australian Sister of Mercy, teacher, poet and orphanage administrator
• Mark Moses (b. 1958), American actor
• Merrill Moses (b. 1977), American Olympic water polo player
• Mikaella Moshe (b. 2003), Israeli Olympic archer
• Miriam Moses (1884–1965), British politician
• Mitchell Moses (b. 1994), Australian-born Lebanese international rugby league footballer
• Noah Mozes (1912–1985), Israeli newspaper publisher and managing editor
• Pablo Moses (b. 1948), Jamaican singer
• Paul B. Moses (1929–1966), American art historian and educator
• Paul J. Moses (1897–1965), American physician and academic
• Paulus Moses (b. 1978), Namibian boxer
• Quentin Moses (1983–2017), 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
• Wayne Moses (1955–2024), American football coach
• William Moses (disambiguation)
• Wilson Jeremiah Moses (1942–2024), American historian
• Winfield Moses (b. 1943), American politician
• Yolanda T. Moses (b. 1946), anthropologist and college administrator

See also

• Moses (given name)
• Moses (disambiguation)
• Mozes (surname)
• Moise (disambiguation)

References

1. Last name: Moses
2. Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of Names, page 377
3. 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