Entry № 1279 · Arabic origin

Bashira Bashira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bah-SHEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Bringer of good news (Quranic prophetic)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "bringer of good news (quranic prophetic)".

Bashira is from the Arabic بشيرة (Bashīrah — bringer of good news, joyful tidings) — from Arabic bashara (to bring good news) + bushra (good news). Bashira is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Islamic Prophetic-evangelical heritage.

Bringer of good news (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

بشيرة
Transliteration
Bashīrah
Pronunciation
/ bəˈʃiː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bashira stands.

Bashira 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.

Bashiras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bashīr / Bashārah
Quran 33:45 bringer of good news and a warner + 35:24 + 2:25 give good tidings to those who believe + Annunciation Bashārah Arabic Christian term + Mary + Luke 1:26-38.
Quran

Names connected to Bashira.

The number behind Bashira.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bashira reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.