Nuša

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Nusa in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Nuša is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Nusa, Nuşa

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Slovenia

  Also written Nusa, Ñusa, Nüsa, Nüşa

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Nuša is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In mwv, island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mwv, island

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Nuša Grosb. 1936SIresearcher
• Nuša Tomeb. 1960SIOlympic alpine skier (1960-2015)
• Nuša Derendab. 1969SISlovenian singer
• Nuša Rajherb. 1983SISlovenian taekwondo practitioner
• Nuša Lazarb. 1983SIresearcher
• Nuša FainSIresearcher
• Nuša VerbičSIresearcher
• Nuša LogarSIresearcher
• Nuša ErmanSIresearcher
• Nuša ResmanSISlovenian researcher

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nuša mean, and where does it come from?

From Malay nusa, from Proto-Malayic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nusa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nusa. Recorded by Wiktionary.

How do you pronounce Nuša?

A machine transcription gives /nùːʃa/ (IPA) for Slovenian.

Is Nuša a male or female name?

Nuša 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 are other forms of the name Nuša?

In the etymology graph, Nettie, Neli and Ankica are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Nuša have the most bearers?

In Slovenia, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Nuša, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nuša.

Where is Nuša most common?

Nuša is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 821 people carrying it.

How common is the name Nuša?

In Slovenia, the national register counted 2,561 people named Nuša in 2025, about 1 in 821 residents.

How common is Nuša compared with other names?

In Slovenia, Nuša is the 181st most common given name of 4,300 given names recorded there.