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Updated May 24, 2023

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old French : A ballad

Girl name variations

How Popular Is The Name Musa

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from the Arabic personal name Musa (the Biblical Moses). The Qur’an says (19:51): ‘He was specially chosen, and he was a Messenger and a Prophet.’
  • Southern Italian : habitational name from a place called Musa, particularly the one in Melito di Porto Salvo in Reggio Calabria, and the one in Nissorìa in Enna province, Sicily.

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