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Basheer

Arabicmasculine2 syllables

The story behind Basheer

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”)

Pronunciation

US: /bəˈʃiɹ/

Popularity

Basheer ranked #8347 in US for 2025.

Source: SSA national baby names

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Gender
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Syllables
2 syllables
Ending
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  • similar length

Bashir

Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).

Gender
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Syllables
2 syllables
Ending
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  • same syllable count
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Akbar

Borrowed from Arabic أكبر.

Gender
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Syllables
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Ending
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Almir

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “prince, commander”). Compare Slovene Almir, Serbo-Croatian Almir, Albanian Almir.

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Syllables
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Ending
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  • same syllable count
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Anwar

Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَار (ʔanwār, “lights”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar).

Gender
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Syllables
2 syllables
Ending
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  • same syllable count
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Ebrar

Borrowed from Arabic أَبْرَار (ʔabrār), plural of بَرّ (barr, “pious, righteous, benevolent, sincere”).

Gender
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Syllables
2 syllables
Ending
ends R
  • same syllable count
  • similar length

Middle Names for Basheer

Abacar

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).

Gender
masculine
Syllables
3 syllables
Ending
ends R
  • balanced syllable contrast
  • good length contrast

Abdala

From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).

Gender
masculine
Syllables
3 syllables
Ending
ends A
  • balanced syllable contrast
  • good length contrast

Abdeslam

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱلسَّلَام (ʕabdu s-salām).

Gender
masculine
Syllables
3 syllables
Ending
ends M
  • balanced syllable contrast
  • good length contrast
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Sibling Names for Basheer

Aaliyah

Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).

Gender
feminine
Syllables
3 syllables
Ending
ends H
  • shared origin connection
  • balanced name length

Abbas

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās).

Gender
masculine
Syllables
2 syllables
Ending
ends S
  • shared origin connection
  • balanced name length

Abdala

From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).

Gender
masculine
Syllables
3 syllables
Ending
ends A
  • shared origin connection
  • balanced name length
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