Busisiwe
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Busisiwe is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is the 35th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Blessed.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 892◐
- SZEswatini1 in 1K
- ZWZimbabwe1 in 141K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈3 ●
- Sources
- 76 ●
- 1 in 13M ◐
across 1 country
38K records
Official registry-verified
Poland
Meaning & origin●
Blessed.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #35 | 38,016 | 38K rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 76 |
| US United States | — | 189 | 162 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 38 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 70 | 46 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 28 |
| AU Australia | — | 41 | 38 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 11 |
| DE Germany | — | 10 | 10 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 8 |
| CA Canada | — | 10 | 8 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 8 |
| EG Egypt | — | 8 | 8 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 1 |
| SZ Eswatini | #85 | 6 | 10 rec. | — | 11 | Busisiwe | 6 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 6 | 6 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 5 |
| ZW Zimbabwe | — | 6 | 2 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 5 |
| FR France | — | 6 | 6 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 7 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 6 | 4 rec. | — | — | Busisiwe | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English27K61%
- Swahili5K11%
- English (South Africa)4.9K11%
- Southern Sotho1K2%
- Dutch9182%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 26,769 | 61% |
| Swahili | 5,024 | 11% |
| English (South Africa) | 4,880 | 11% |
| Southern Sotho | 1,047 | 2% |
| Dutch | 918 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Busi Mhlongob. 1947ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African singer-songwriter
- Busisiwe Mkhwebaneb. 1970ZAPublic Protector of South Africa
- Busisiwe Tshweteb. 1981member of the National Assembly of South Africa
- Busi Lurayib. 1986ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African actress
- Busisiwe Ndimenib. 1991ZASouth African footballer
- Busisiwe NtintiliZASouth African writer
- Busisiwe ShibaSouth African politician
- Busisiwe Clarah NdlovuSouth African politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SZ Eswatini | Eswatini EBC 2023 Secondary Elections candidate ballots | 2023 | 11 | #28 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #15,385 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 3 | #15,386 |
| NG Nigeria | The African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 4 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Busisiwe?
- We estimate roughly 3 people bear Busisiwe (counting its spellings and scripts) across 1 country in our records.
- In which country does Busisiwe have the most bearers?
- Busisiwe is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled busisiwe.
- How common is Busisiwe compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Busisiwe is the 35th most common given name of 215,346 given names recorded there.
- Is Busisiwe a male or female name?
- Busisiwe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Busisiwe mean?
- Recorded meaning: Blessed.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Busisiwe” — the 35th most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.