Given name & surname
Bachir
“the oldest son”
Bachir is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “the oldest son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “the oldest son.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bachir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 272 as a first name in 2020; 201 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bachir’s family of names
Bachir has a related form in Bachear. Bachir has a related form in Bacheer. Bachir has a related form in Bacheir.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bachir
- Bachir GemayelLebanese politician and militia commander and President of Lebanon (1947-1982)
- Bashir Shihab IIEmir of Lebanon (1767–1850)
- Bachir Sid AzaraAlgerian sport wrestlerborn 1996
- Bachir MahamatChadian sprinterborn 1996
- Bachir YellèsAlgerian painter1921–2022
- TunisianoFrench rapperborn 1979
- Bachir BensaddekCanadian television directorborn 1972
- AtheneBelgian YouTuber, streamer and philanthropistborn 1980
- Bachir DouadiAlgerian footballerborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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