Bashir
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Bashir (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Bashir has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 104 |
| 2000 | 115 |
| 2001 | 122 |
| 2002 | 135 |
| 2003 | 144 |
| 2004 | 148 |
| 2005 | 152 |
| 2006 | 173 |
| 2007 | 191 |
| 2008 | 206 |
| 2009 | 236 |
| 2010 | 276 |
| 2011 | 300 |
| 2012 | 322 |
| 2013 | 358 |
| 2014 | 386 |
| 2015 | 407 |
| 2016 | 456 |
| 2017 | 504 |
| 2018 | 547 |
| 2019 | 581 |
| 2020 | 587 |
Bashir in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Bashir.Hi! My name is Bashir.
- Har du träffat Bashir? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Bashir? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Bashir kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Bashir is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Bashirs mamma är lärare.Bashir's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bashirs mamma is Bashir's mum.
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Questions about Bashir
How do you pronounce Bashir in Swedish?
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What does the name Bashir mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).
How popular is Bashir in Sweden?
2 babies were named Bashir in 2022. In 2020, 587 people in Sweden had Bashir as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.