Male first name (Arabic): Moussa, Egyptian (Old Testament), Moses = the son, probably the shortening of a name of an Egyptian God, such as 'Tuthmosis' or 'Ramses' (= 'Ra-Moses'), the name element -Moses' means something like 'son of'; in the Bible Moses was the leader of the Israelites from Egyptian oppression, Moses is with the Jews to this day very popular first name
