Bopha

Meaning

flower; from Pali puppha. A girls' classic spanning every generation, from grandmothers of pre-war Phnom Penh to daughters in Long Beach and Lowell; the same element appears in Buppha Devi, the princess who led Cambodia's royal ballet

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bopha has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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