Bishara
Bishara is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Bishara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bishara is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Bishara
American parents first put Bishara on the record books as a baby boy name in 1972, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1972, when 10 Bisharas were born — ranking #3,154 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1976 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 28 Bisharas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Bishara
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bishara. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Bechara
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About the name Bishara
Bishara is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 28 births in the dataset. Bishara's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #3,154. Use the chart and map above to compare Bishara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.