Muhammad-Musa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad-MOO-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Muhammad-Musa is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy + drawn out of the water”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Muhammad-Musa mean?
Arabic: Muhammad + Musa
“praised, praiseworthy + drawn out of the water”
Joins Muhammad (Arabic, “praised, praiseworthy”) and Musa (Hebrew, “drawn out of the water”).
Meanings borrowed from Muhammad and Musa.
Is Muhammad-Musa a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhammad-Musa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhammad-Musa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Muhammad-Musa, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muhammad-Musa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Muhammad-Musa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Muhammad-Musa 8
- Muhammed-Musa 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Muhammad-Musa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
Names like Muhammad-Musa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Huzaifa, Zayd, Abdullah, Zayaan, Umar, Zayan, Musab, Amir, Zayyan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muhammad-Musa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhammad-musa, updated 20 October 2026.