Bashir (name)
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| Pronunciation | Arabic: [baˈʃiːr] |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | 'the one who brings good news' |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Basheer, Beshir, Bachir, Béchir, Beşir |
| Related names | Bashar, Abshir, Basheerah, Absheerah |
Bashir or Basheer (Arabic: بشير, romanized: Bašīr, lit. 'the one who brings good news'), also gallicized in the form Bachir or Béchir, is a male given name and a surname.
It may refer to:
- Al Bachir or Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (born 1998) Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
- Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty
- Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
- Bashir III (1775–1860), ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate (7th Emir, reigned 1840–1842)
Given name
Bachir
- Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
- Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
- Bachir Ammoury (born 1983), American-born Lebanese basketball player
- Bachir Attar (born 1964), Moroccan American musician and leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.
- Bachir Bensaddek (born 1972), Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
- Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
- Bachir Douadi (born 1953), Algerian football player
- Bachir Moustafa Hammoud (1906–1945), a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
- Bachir Mahamat (born 1996), Chadian sprinter
- Bachir Mané (born 1997), Senegalese football player
- Bachir Mecheri (born 1964), Algerian football player
- Bachir Qamari (1951–2021), Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
- Bachir Sebaâ (born 1949), Algerian football player
- Bachir Yellès (1921–2022), Algerian painter
- Bab Bachir (died 1254) was the spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.
Basheer
- Basheer Matta, Pakistani politician
Bashir
- Bashir Abdi (born 1989), Somali-Belgian athlete
- Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
- Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
- Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian poet of Urdu
- Bashir Saleh Bashir (born 1946), former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (born 1961), Nigerian politician and businessman
- Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
- Bashir Jehangiri (born 1937), Pakistani judge
- Bashir Levingston (born 1976), Canadian Football League player
- Bashir Maan (1926–2019), Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
- Bashir Makhtal (born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
- Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959–2012), Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
- Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
- Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
- Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
- Bashir Safaroglu (1925–1969), Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
- Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976), American actor, writer and comedian
- Bashir Shah (born 1983), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
- Bashir Tofa (1947–2022), Nigerian politician
- Bashir Varaev (born 1964), Chechen judoka
- Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician
- Bashir Yussuf (1905–1945), Somali religious leader
Bechir
- Bechir Hadidane (born 1984), Tunisian basketball player
- Bechir Kiiari (born 1960), Tunisian judoka
- Bechir Mardassi (1929–?), Tunisian cyclist
- Bechir Mogaadi (born 1975), Tunisian football player
- Bechir Tekkari (born 1952), Tunisian politician
Béchir
- Béchir Bouazzat (1908–1944), French modern pentathlete of Tunisian descent
Middle name
- Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (born 1998) Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player.
- Kausar Bashir Ahmed (1939–2006), Pakistani architect, town-planner and educationist
- Khadra Bashir Ali, Somali politician
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 1955), Senegalese philosopher
- Mirza Bashir Ahmad (1893–1963), an Ahmadiyya scholar and writer
- Nadim Bachir Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese politician and member of Parliament.
- Aminu Bashir Wali (born 1941), Nigerian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
