Bashir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “bringer of good news.” In 2024 it was given to 21 boys in the United States.
Bashir belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “bringer of good news” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bashir first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2587 in 1979, and in 2024 21 babies received the name — 1,010 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bashir means “bringer of good news” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bashir is a boy name. In 2024, 21 babies received the name in the US.
Bashir comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Bashir first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2587 in 1979, and 21 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bashir is pronounced /bəˈʃiɹ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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