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Pharaoh's daughter named Moses "Msi/Mesy/Mesu/Mose (pronounced like Me-she)" to deny him any right to the Egyptian throne.
Mose is a morpheme in Egyptian royal naming convention that means "born of." It (and its derivatives) when given to a prince is typically paired with the name of a God, like Thoth (Thutmose I, II & III), Iah (Ahmose I), and Ra (Rameses I & II).
Being "drawn from the river," rather than born to the Egyptian Royal Family, Moses has no divine father God as far as the Egyptians are concerned. The half-name is to deny him the inherent divinity afforded to their natural born princes.
Bonus: The "-mose" morpheme was popularized by the 18th dynasty of Egypt starting with Pharaoh Ahmose I, beginning around 1526 BCE, the proposed birth year of Moses. Ahmose I was the first Pharoah in the 18th dynasty, and he led a campaign of expulsion against a group in the northeastern Delta region of Egypt. This group is known to us by the Greek term "Hyksos" which means in simple terms "Foreign Rulers." Which is exactly what the Ephraimites were when they settled in Egypt. The Ephraimites are the tribe from which Joseph emerged.
But you probably don't want to talk about any of that.
So clearly I'm an early date Exodus guy. I can see all the evidence there.
Ahmose I is the king who came to power in Egypt who did not know Joseph. I misspoke in the post, Ahmose I reigned from 1550 to 1525, so the 18th Dynasty and the war against the Hyksos was 24 years on when Moses was born.