Besim

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Бесим in MK North Macedonia, RU Russia and Beşim in TM Turkmenistan.

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 across 3 languages 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◐

Besim is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Albanian given name12K records spelled Besim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, United States, Italy

  Also written Bêśîm

• French given name1.2K records spelled Besim4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Beşim, Bēsīm

• Norwegian Bokmål given name598 records spelled Besim6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Beşim

• Hungarian given name547 records spelled Besim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary

  Also written Beşim

• Spanish given name415 records spelled Besim4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Switzerland, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Beşim

• Greek given name320 records spelled Besim3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Türkiye

  Also written Mpesim, Μπεσημ

• Slovak given name139 records spelled Besim3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Türkiye, Slovakia, Turkmenistan

  Languages: Slovak, Czech

  Also written Beşim

• Amharic given name122 records spelled Besim3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Kosovo

  Also written Beşim, በስም

28 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.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 94 years between 1920–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Besim Beyb. 1828Ottoman politician
• Besim Ömer Akalınb. 1862TRTurkish physician (1862–1940)
• Besim Atalayb. 1882TRTurkish statesperson (1882–1965)
• Besim Korkutb. 1904BABosnian and Bosniak writer, theologian and Islamic scholar
• Besim Üstünelb. 1927TRTurkish statesperson (1927–2015)
• Besim Bokshib. 1930XKAlbanian poet (1930-2014)
• Besim Sahatçiub. 1935ALAlbanian film director
• Besim Spahićb. 1953BABosnian political scientist
• Besim Kabashib. 1976DEkickboxer (1976-2011)
• Besim Kunićb. 1986SESwedish professional footballer

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 · 184 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Besim?

We estimate roughly 5.2 thousand people bear Besim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Besim have the most bearers?

Besim is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled besim.

How common is Besim compared with other names?

In Kosovo, Besim is the 30th most common given name of 6,371 given names recorded there.

Is Besim a male or female name?

Besim 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 Besim mean?

Recorded meaning: Güler yüzlü, güleç adam.