Bushra is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “waterfall.” In 2024 it was given to 36 girls in the United States.
Bushra belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “waterfall” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bushra first appears in Social Security records in 1983. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3285 in 2014, and in 2024 36 babies received the name — 989 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bushra means “waterfall” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bushra is a girl name. In 2024, 36 babies received the name in the US.
Bushra comes from the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition.
Bushra first appears in US records in 1983. Its best-ever ranking was #3285 in 2014, and 36 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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