Basir

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Басир in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TJ Tajikistan and 2 more and Басір in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Basir is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name67K records spelled Basir4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Iran

  Also written Baṣīr, Bašīr, Bašir

• Pashto given name3.5K records spelled Basir17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan, India, United States, Türkiye

  Languages: Pashto, Persian

  Also written Bashir, Başir, Bashīr, Башир, Bàśhíŕ

• Turkish given name1.5K records spelled Basir8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Afghanistan, India

  Languages: Turkish, Arabic, Azerbaijani

  Also written Başir, Bäşir, Bâsir

• French given name676 records spelled Basir6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Afghanistan, India, United States

  Also written Başir, Bàśíř, Bašīr, Bâśïr

• Norwegian Bokmål given name331 records spelled Basir6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, India

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Bašīr

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Basir is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Sharp sighted,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In Arabic, (baseer) (es): sagacious, endowed with insight. Al-Baseer ....I!, the All-seeing: one of the names of Allah. i! 4)! sees grew “Allah is All-hearing, All-seeing." (surat Lugmaan 31:28). Abu Basir: a sahaabi.”

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In zlm, hermaphrodite; impotent

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In poz-wmp-pro, sexually impotent

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Turkish, 1. Görüp anlayan. 2. Zeki. 3. Her şeyi görüp anlayan Allah.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 94 years between 1900–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nazif Basirb. 1934IDIndonesian journalist
• Qasim Basirb. 1980USAmerican filmmaker
• Basir AhmadINresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 281 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Basir?

We estimate roughly 463 people bear Basir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Basir have the most bearers?

Basir is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled basir.

How common is Basir compared with other names?

In Afghanistan, Basir is the 113th most common given name of 22,039 given names recorded there.

Is Basir a male or female name?

Basir is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Basir mean?

Recorded meaning: ‎‫اھر‬one who looks at;