Basheer
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning bringer of good news, messenger.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Basheer by the numbers
Basheer was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Basheer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bashirbringer of good news, messenger8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Basheer, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Basheer
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