Musa (name)

Musa is an Arabic male name (Arabic: موسی) and cognate for "Moses".

Given name

Musa al-Hadi (764–786), fourth caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (reigned from 785 to 786)
Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Hashimi (746–?), 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 Bility (born 1967), Liberian politician and businessman
Musa Çağıran (born 1992), Turkish footballer
Musa Çelebi (died 1413), 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 (745–799), 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 (died 862), leader of the muwallad Banu Qasi clan's
Musa Hitam (born 1934), Malaysian politician; former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Musa I of Mali (1280–1337), Mansa of the Mali Empire between 1312 and 1337
Musa Jatta (born 2004), Gambian footballer
Musa Sor, Yazidi saint
Musa Yakub, Bruneian military officer

Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo Musa (born 1972), Sudanese military officer
Ahmed Musa (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
Antonius Musa, Roman botanist and physician
Balkisu Musa (born 1970), Nigerian weightlifter
Banū Mūsā (died 873), 9th century Persian family of scholars
Božo Musa (born 1988), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
Džanan Musa (born 1999), Bosnian-Herzegovinian basketball player
Igor Musa (born 1973), 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)
Mario Musa (born 1990), Croatian football player
Mírzá Músá (died 1887), surnamed Áqáy-i-Kalím, was the brother of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith
Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa (born 1973), Sudanese military officer
Murjanatu Musa (born 2000), Nigerian basketball player
Petar Musa (born 1998), Croatian football player
Quintus Pomponius Musa, first-century Roman banker and moneyer
Said Musa (born 1944), Prime Minister of Belize from 1996 to 2008
Slaven Musa (born 1971), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
Sunusi Musa (born 1978), Nigerian politician
Željko Musa (born 1986), Croatian handball player

Umm Musa is a female name of Semitic origin. Its meaning is mother of Musa.

Umm Musa (Jochebed), mother of prophet Musa.
Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari (734–764) 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).