Bassam is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “one who smiles.” In 2024 it was given to 25 boys in the United States.
Bassam belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “one who smiles” — 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, Bassam first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3375 in 1979, and in 2024 25 babies received the name — 582 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bassam means “one who smiles” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bassam is a boy name. In 2024, 25 babies received the name in the US.
Bassam comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Bassam first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #3375 in 1979, and 25 babies were given the name in 2024.
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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