Basimah: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Basimah – Meaning: smiling – Origin: Arabic – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: bah-SEE-mah


Basimah is an Arabic girl's name meaning “smiling”. It appears in our list of 125+ Beautiful Girl Names That Start with B.

Meaning & Origin of Basimah

Meaning: Smiling.

Origin: Arabic.

How to Pronounce Basimah

Phonetic: bah-SEE-mah   IPA: /baːˈsiːmah/

Popularity of Basimah

Basimah doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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