| Lujain | Bushra | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Silver | Good news, glad tidings |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | loo-JAYN | BUSH-rah |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2017 (41) | 2014 (49) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Lujain | Bushra |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 195 | 233 |
| 2010s | 271 | 346 |
| 2000s | 60 | 226 |
| 1990s | 14 | 167 |
| 1980s | 0 | 61 |
Lujain (لجين, lujayn) is a literary Arabic word meaning 'silver'. It is a modern favourite and also carries a contemporary association with courage through the activist Loujain al-Hathloul. Also spelled Lujayn or Loujain.
Bushra (بشرى, bushra) means 'good news, glad tidings', from the Arabic root b-sh-r. The same root gives the verb 'to bring good news' and appears in the Quran.
Lujain and Bushra are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Lujain means Silver (arabic origin), while Bushra means Good news, glad tidings (arabic origin).
In US records, Lujain first appears in 0 and Bushra in 0, so Lujain has the longer recorded history.