Entry № 1700 · Zulu origin

Busisiwe Busisiwe — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ boo-see-SEE-weh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Zulu
Meaning
"Blessed (iconic South African names)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Zulu)

A name that means "blessed (iconic south african names)".

Busisiwe Bhengu — modern South African figure. Princess Busisiwe — Zulu royal heritage naming.

Blessed (iconic South African names) — a Zulu name.

The name in its native script.

Busisiwe
Transliteration
Busisiwe
Pronunciation
/ buːsiːˈsiː.wɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Busisiwe stands.

Busisiwe does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Busisiwes before her.

Real people
Busisiwe Mkhwebane
South African Public Protector 2016-2023.
born 1969
Busisiwe Lurayi
South African Netflix How to Ruin Christmas actress.
1985 – 2022
In fiction
Busisiwe
Zulu for blessed.

Names connected to Busisiwe.

The number behind Busisiwe.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Busisiwe reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.