Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Bachar
“child”
Bachar is a surname from Hebrew, ultimately from Slovene.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bachar comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Slovene.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Bachar as a surname developed from Bačar.
Bachar’s family of names
In English usage, Bachar as a surname developed from the Slovenian form Bačar. In French usage, Bachar has a conventional equivalent in the English form BASHAR. In French usage, Bachar has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Baszar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bachar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bachar
- Bashshar ibn BurdPersian poet who wrote in Arabic (714–783)
- Bachar KouatlyChess player; journalist, and activistborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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“upright”
>99% boys
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>99% boys
Bakbuk
“flask” · “emptied”
>99% boys