Boy name Swahili origin Muslim tradition

Bashir

bah-SHEER · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Bringer of good news.
Language
Swahili
Culture
Swahili/East African
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4710
2024 births21
Peak year2020
First appeared1976
Total US births1,010
2020 peak19761988200020122024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Bash
Alternate spellings
Basheer
In other languages
Bashar

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