Búster
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Búster is a given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er. The combining form of the term has appeared from the early 20th century but been especially prolific during three periods: in the 1930s, owing to the success of the radio series Gang Busters; in the 1940s, owing to its appearance as military slang; and in the 1980s, owing to the success of the movie Ghostbusters.
Sources 3
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Búster mean, and where does it come from?
- Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- Is Búster a male or female name?
- Búster is a male 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.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Búster”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.