Fun Facts About the Name Bareera
- 37 babies named Bareera: U.S. records list 37 babies given the name Bareera from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bareera Mean?
Bareera is an Arabic women's name usually explained as meaning "pious," "dutiful," and "righteous." It is traced to the Arabic root b-r-r, which yields birr (بِرّ), the word for righteousness, devotion, and kind, dutiful conduct toward others, and barr (بَرّ), meaning dutiful, devout, or kind. The feminine form barra (بَرَّة) refers to a woman who is dutiful and devout, and Bareera is a related feminine name built from the same root. The common short gloss "pious" reflects birr rather than a narrower word-for-word translation.
Bareera Name History & Origins
The name is best known through Barīra (بريرة), an early Muslim woman in Medina remembered in the major hadith collections. She was a slave whose freedom was arranged through ʿAisha bint Abi Bakr: her owners sold her on the condition that their right of clientage (walāʾ) would remain with them, and the Prophet ruled that walāʾ belongs to the one who manumits. After her release, she was given the choice of staying with her husband Mughith or leaving him, and she chose to leave; because the Prophet is reported to have granted her that choice, later jurists treated the case as a precedent for the options of a woman freed from slavery concerning an existing marriage. Barīra is also counted among the transmitters of hadith and narrated a small number of reports.
Barīra should not be confused with Barrah (بَرَّة), another name from the same root; in a well-known report the Prophet changed the name of a woman called Barrah, since the word suggested a claim to being "the devout one."
How Popular is the Name Bareera?
Bareera has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #11,094 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,094 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #15,607 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,698 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #16,061 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,926 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #14,614 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Bareera Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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