Given name & surname
Bisa
“a daughter who is greatly loved”
Bisa is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a daughter who is greatly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a daughter who is greatly loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bisa’s family of names
Bisa has a related form in Bisah. Bisa has a related form in Bissa. Bisa has a related form in Bissah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bisa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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