Given name & surname · Persian · Urdu
بشیر
بشیر (bašīr) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Urdu and Persian.
Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Bashir.
Meaning & origin
بشیر’s family of names
In Persian usage, بشیر has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bashir. In Urdu usage, بشیر can be written in the Roman alphabet as baśīr. In Persian usage, بشیر can be written in the Roman alphabet as bašir.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
بشیر has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named بشیر
- Bashir al-NajafiIraqi Grand Ayatollahborn 1942
- Basheer Al-QudaimiYemeni chess playerborn 1984
- Basheer Garba MohammedNigerian politicianborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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