Entry № 1278 · Hebrew origin

Bashemath Bashemath — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BASH-eh-math /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Fragrant (Esau's wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "fragrant (esau's wife)".

Bashemath (בָּשְׂמַת) is the Hebrew word for "fragrant" or "perfumed" — from besem (spice). In Genesis 26:34, Bashemath was the Hittite daughter of Elon whom Esau married.

Rare but iconic in biblical scholarship.

Fragrant. Esau's Hittite wife.

The name in its native script.

בָּשְׂמַת
Transliteration
Bāśmaṯ
Pronunciation
/ ˈbæʃ.ə.mæθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bashemath stands.

Bashemath does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bashemaths before her.

Real people
Bashemath
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Bashemath
Esau's wife in Genesis 26:34.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Bashemath.

The number behind Bashemath.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bashemath reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.