The baby name Bashir is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bɑˈʃiːr/ (bah-SHEER).
Bashir is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Bashir is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bɑˈʃiːr/ (bah-SHEER).
Bashir is Arabic in Origin.
Bashir is an Arabic masculine name, from Bashīr (بشير), built on the triliteral root b–sh–r meaning “to bring good news” and, by extension, “cheerfulness” and “humanity.” In the Qur’an, bashīr describes prophets as bearers of glad tidings, often paired with nadhīr “warner,” giving the name uplifting, auspicious overtones. It has been used since the earliest Islamic centuries across Arabic-speaking lands and spread with Islam through trade, scholarship, and empire.
Variant spellings and localized forms include Basheer (South Asia), Bachir (Francophone North and West Africa), Beşir (Turkish), Bešir (Bosnian), and Bashiru (Hausa). The feminine counterpart is Bashira (بشيرة). Bashir remains common from the Levant and Maghreb to Somalia and the Indian subcontinent, borne by jurists, Sufi poets, community leaders, and modern public figures. Related names from the same root include Bushra (good news) and Mubashir (one who conveys glad tidings).
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 2026 | #17 | 1 | 322 | |
| Ethiopia | Boys | 2026 | #26 | 2 | 678 |
| Djibouti | Girls | 2026 | #29 | 1 | 488 |
| Afghanistan | 2026 | #31 | 52 | 1,883 | |
| Afghanistan | Boys | 2026 | #32 | 546 | 3,535 |
| Djibouti | Boys | 2026 | #32 | 5 | 657 |
| Nigeria | Boys | 2026 | #42 | 10,195 | 16,906 |
| Burundi | Boys | 2026 | #44 | 1 | 917 |
| Sudan | Boys | 2026 | #50 | 1,802 | 10,523 |
| Sudan | 2026 | #54 | 52 | 2,130 | |
| Luxembourg | 2026 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| India | 2026 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| Maldives | Boys | 2026 | #75 | 5 | 3,375 |
| Japan | 2026 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| Libya | 2026 | #77 | 1,211 | 12,703 | |
| Afghanistan | Girls | 2026 | #83 | 12 | 2,402 |
| Nigeria | 2026 | #88 | 207 | 5,926 | |
| Qatar | 2026 | #91 | 10 | 7,011 | |
| Oman | 2026 | #106 | 11 | 6,215 | |
| Kuwait | 2026 | #116 | 6 | 5,216 | |
| Brunei | Boys | 2026 | #123 | 11 | 6,332 |
| Azerbaijan | Boys | 2026 | #127 | 5 | 1,400 |
| Iraq | 2026 | #128 | 6 | 3,533 | |
| Cyprus | Boys | 2026 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| Jordan | 2026 | #132 | 9 | 2,158 | |
| Mauritius | 2026 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| Botswana | Boys | 2026 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2026 | #159 | 19 | 10,220 | |
| Costa Rica | 2026 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| Malta | Boys | 2026 | #171 | 9 | 4,064 |
| Hungary | Boys | 2026 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #181 | 2 | 1,509 |
| Bangladesh | 2026 | #206 | 22 | 5,992 | |
| Yemen | 2026 | #209 | 203 | 8,639 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Boys | 2026 | #214 | 6,251 | 28,008 |
| Bulgaria | Boys | 2026 | #218 | 3 | 3,850 |
| Palestine | 2026 | #218 | 9 | 5,692 | |
| Luxembourg | Boys | 2026 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2026 | #229 | 67 | 10,560 | |
| Iran | 2026 | #230 | 2 | 4,221 | |
| Greece | Boys | 2026 | #232 | 36 | 6,912 |
| Bangladesh | Boys | 2026 | #242 | 506 | 10,045 |
| Angola | Boys | 2026 | #248 | 2 | 5,568 |
| Ghana | 2026 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| Greece | Girls | 2026 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| United Arab Emirates | Boys | 2026 | #250 | 1,887 | 22,615 |
| Namibia | Boys | 2026 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| Taiwan | Boys | 2026 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| Kazakhstan | Boys | 2026 | #269 | 21 | 6,578 |
| Israel | 2026 | #275 | 8 | 6,291 | |
| Singapore | 2026 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| Jordan | Boys | 2026 | #285 | 93 | 7,057 |
| Japan | Boys | 2026 | #288 | 10 | 7,909 |
| Denmark | Boys | 2026 | #289 | 37 | 7,401 |
| Qatar | Girls | 2026 | #303 | 14 | 15,378 |
| China | Boys | 2026 | #306 | 14 | 9,639 |
| Mauritius | Boys | 2026 | #313 | 45 | 8,477 |
| Canada | Boys | 2020 | #318 | 5 | 2,548 |
| Bahrain | 2026 | #320 | 240 | 17,937 | |
| Sudan | Girls | 2026 | #320 | 26 | 7,678 |
| Iran | Boys | 2026 | #322 | 280 | 10,162 |
| Denmark | Girls | 2026 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| Ghana | Boys | 2026 | #331 | 15 | 8,138 |
| Kazakhstan | Girls | 2026 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| Qatar | Boys | 2026 | #335 | 428 | 18,093 |
| Poland | Boys | 2026 | #336 | 5 | 6,459 |
| Ghana | Girls | 2026 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| Oman | Boys | 2026 | #341 | 772 | 17,948 |
| Malaysia | 2026 | #349 | 6 | 12,352 | |
| Kuwait | Boys | 2026 | #354 | 497 | 18,755 |
| China | Girls | 2026 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| Mauritius | Girls | 2026 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| Bangladesh | Girls | 2026 | #367 | 20 | 8,413 |
| Iraq | Boys | 2026 | #371 | 342 | 13,071 |
| Portugal | Boys | 2026 | #376 | 6 | 7,951 |
| Oman | Girls | 2026 | #377 | 20 | 15,987 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #385 | 43 | 2,041 |
| Russia | Boys | 2026 | #394 | 112 | 12,621 |
| France | Boys | 2015 | #404 | 3 | 2,851 |
| Egypt | 2026 | #404 | 9 | 6,387 | |
| Philippines | Boys | 2026 | #404 | 5 | 11,440 |
| Austria | Boys | 2026 | #407 | 36 | 2,180 |
| Syria | 2026 | #423 | 354 | 11,684 | |
| Germany | 2026 | #426 | 12 | 2,542 | |
| Chile | 2026 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| South Africa | 2026 | #435 | 13 | 14,421 | |
| Lebanon | 2026 | #441 | 230 | 13,263 | |
| Palestine | Boys | 2026 | #443 | 106 | 10,655 |
| Mexico | 2026 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| Argentina | Boys | 2026 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| Kuwait | Girls | 2026 | #487 | 29 | 19,177 |
| United Arab Emirates | Girls | 2026 | #488 | 66 | 20,968 |
| Iraq | Girls | 2026 | #494 | 11 | 11,303 |
| Nigeria | Girls | 2026 | #503 | 323 | 15,093 |
| Panama | Boys | 2026 | #503 | 3 | 9,305 |
| Costa Rica | Boys | 2026 | #507 | 4 | 10,188 |
| Colombia | 2026 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| Hong Kong | Boys | 2026 | #517 | 11 | 12,905 |
| Israel | Boys | 2026 | #520 | 88 | 10,983 |
| Russia | Girls | 2026 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| Cameroon | Boys | 2026 | #531 | 20 | 12,054 |
| Iran | Girls | 2026 | #540 | 6 | 8,334 |
| Palestine | Girls | 2026 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| Egypt | Boys | 2026 | #557 | 362 | 15,035 |
| Cameroon | Girls | 2026 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| India | Girls | 2026 | #615 | 17 | 13,121 |
| India | Boys | 2026 | #620 | 412 | 16,750 |
| Singapore | Boys | 2026 | #625 | 73 | 17,960 |
| Singapore | Girls | 2026 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #632 | 51 | 3,552 |
| Israel | Girls | 2026 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| Saudi Arabia | Girls | 2026 | #680 | 256 | 25,931 |
| Chile | Boys | 2026 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| Tunisia | 2026 | #793 | 37 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Boys | 2026 | #804 | 149 | 5,697 |
| Netherlands | Boys | 2026 | #821 | 131 | 5,873 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #872 | 21 | 7,044 |
| Spain | Boys | 2026 | #891 | 40 | 5,610 |
| Turkey | 2026 | #891 | 342 | 19,440 | |
| Malaysia | Boys | 2026 | #913 | 200 | 25,439 |
| Peru | Boys | 2026 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| South Africa | Boys | 2026 | #967 | 213 | 25,619 |
| Colombia | Boys | 2026 | #974 | 8 | 15,656 |
| Malaysia | Girls | 2026 | #985 | 10 | 24,821 |
| Egypt | Girls | 2026 | #1,002 | 8 | 14,742 |
| Mexico | Boys | 2026 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| Morocco | 2026 | #1,065 | 64 | 20,986 | |
| Algeria | 2026 | #1,108 | 69 | 20,130 | |
| South Africa | Girls | 2026 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| Italy | Boys | 2026 | #1,237 | 235 | 10,046 |
Bashir is popular in 73 countries — most recent births per country:
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