Bachar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bachar

What is the meaning of the name Bachar ?

The baby name Bachar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAH-shar (English respelling, /ˈbæʃɑr/),bah-KHAR (Hebrew/guttural ch, /baˈχar/).

Bachar is Arabic, Hebrew in Origin.

Bachar is a French-influenced transliteration of the Arabic given name Bashār/Bashshār (بشّار), from the root b‑sh‑r meaning “to bring good news” and, in another sense, “human, mortal.” The name most often interprets as “bearer of glad tidings” or “bringer of good news,” with an undertone of cheerfulness, though some also connect it to the common noun bashar, “humankind.” In Francophone records the digraph ch renders the sh sound.

Attested since early Islamic times - famously borne by the 8th‑century poet Bashshār ibn Burd - the name remains in steady use across the Arab world and its diaspora, especially in North Africa and the Levant. Variants and related forms include Bashar, Bashshar, Bachir/Bashir (a distinct but cognate name meaning “bringer of good news”), Bechara/Bishāra, and the feminine Bushra/Bouchra. In modern Hebrew, Bachar is chiefly a surname (“he chose”), not the same origin.