Worldwide, Буржуа (Bourgeois 
, Буржуа 
) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name Буржуа is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare male name, and Belgium, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and France. More frequently, Буржуа is the last name as well as the forename.
Буржуа is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bourgeois et femmes de toutes les corporations, compagnons, apprentis, jeunes filles, peuple de Nuremberg , character in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Bourgeois , character in Falstaff.