| Nabiha | Bushra | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Intelligent, perceptive, eminent | Good news, glad tidings |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | nah-BEE-hah | BUSH-rah |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2015 (37) | 2014 (49) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Nabiha | Bushra |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 80 | 233 |
| 2010s | 270 | 346 |
| 2000s | 203 | 226 |
| 1990s | 91 | 167 |
| 1980s | 7 | 61 |
Nabiha (نبيهة, nabiha) comes from the Arabic root n-b-h and means 'intelligent, alert, perceptive', with an extended sense of 'noble, eminent, distinguished'. The masculine form is Nabih.
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.
Nabiha and Bushra are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Nabiha means Intelligent, perceptive, eminent (arabic origin), while Bushra means Good news, glad tidings (arabic origin).
In US records, Nabiha first appears in 0 and Bushra in 0, so Nabiha has the longer recorded history.