Musfira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MUS-fi-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Musfira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shining, bright”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Musfira mean?
Arabic: spelling of Musfirah
“shining, bright”
A Quranic word describing faces 'shining' with joy on the Day of Judgement, in Surah Abasa.
Meaning borrowed from Musfirah.
Is Musfira a girl's or a boy's name?
Musfira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Musfira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Musfira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Musfira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Musfirah 16
- Musfira 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Musfira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
Names like Musfira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hiba, Hafsa, Nusaybah, Halima, Rahma, Khadija, Amira, Ayah, Safiya, Huda
Other spellings of Musfira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Musfira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/musfira, updated 20 October 2026.