Given name & surname
Basant
“one who smiles often”
Basant is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who smiles often.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who smiles often.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
Basant’s family of names
In English usage, Basant has a related form in Vasant. Basant has a related form in Basante. In Urdu usage, Basant is a Roman-alphabet rendering of بسنت.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Basant has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
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