Given name
Baseemah
“one who smiles a lot”
Baseemah is a variant of Basimah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who smiles a lot.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Baseemah is a variant of Basimah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who smiles a lot.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Baseemah is a variant of Basimah. An origin associated with Basimah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baseemah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 8 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 girls is 8 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baseemah’s family of names
Baseemah has a related form in Basimah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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