Entry № 2661 · Arabic origin

Yusra Yusra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YOOS-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Ease, prosperity (Quranic)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "ease, prosperity (quranic)".

Yusra (يسرى) is the Arabic word for "ease" or "prosperity" — appearing in the Quran (Surah Al-Layl 92:7) with the promise that God "will ease his way to ease."

**Yusra Mardini (born 1998)** is the Syrian-German Olympic swimmer who, fleeing Syria, swam her sinking boat to safety carrying refugees on the way to Lesbos.

Ease. The Olympic swimmer who saved her boat of refugees.

The name in its native script.

يسرى
Transliteration
Yusrā
Pronunciation
/ ˈjuːs.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yusra stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Yusra · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Yusras before her.

Real people
Yusra Mardini
Syrian-German Olympic swimmer.
born 1998
In fiction
Yusra
Quran 92:7.

Names connected to Yusra.

The number behind Yusra.

3

The Communicator

Yusra reduces to three — the number of Quranic ease.

Why families chose this name.

"Quranic ease. Five letters. Yusra."
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