Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Bassem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bassem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 72 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 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 boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 781 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bassem’s family of names
In Arabic usage, Bassem has an alternative transcription in BASEM.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Bassem
- Bassem YoussefEgyptian doctor and satiristborn 1974
- Bassem SrarfiTunisian association football playerborn 1997
- Basem KhandakjiPalestinian poet and writerborn 1983
- Bassem BoulaâbiTunisian association football playerborn 1984
- Bassem Ben NasserTunisian association football playerborn 1982
- Bassem OudaEgyptian engineerborn 1970
- Bassem FeghaliLebanese drag queenborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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