Given name & surname
Basir
“an intelligent man”
Basir is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Basir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 182
- 182 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,276 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,276 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 275 as a first name in 2020; 287 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.
Basir’s family of names
Basir has a related form in Basear. Basir has a related form in Baseer. Basir has a related form in Baseir.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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