Moses

Moses is a surname derived from the Biblical Moses. It can be of either Jewish, Welsh, or English origin. 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). 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. 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 (–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.