Fun Facts About the Name Basmah
- 45 babies named Basmah: U.S. records list 45 babies given the name Basmah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Basmah Mean?
Basmah is an Arabic feminine name meaning "smile." It represents the Arabic noun basmah (بَسْمَة), formed from the root ب-س-م (b-s-m) and related to the verb basama (بَسَمَ), "to smile." The final ة (tāʾ marbūṭa) is often written -ah in English, so Basmah and Basma are variant spellings of the same name. The established sense is a literal word name, not a separate symbolic interpretation.
Basmah Name History & Origins
Basmah is formed directly from an Arabic noun, written بسمة in Arabic. The spelling with final h reflects a common Latin-alphabet convention for the tāʾ marbūṭa (ة); in Arabic that ending is not pronounced as a separate h, and the name is also spelled Basma. It is used as a feminine given name in Arabic-speaking countries.
A related but distinct name is Basimah (باسمة), the feminine active participle meaning "smiling." It shares the root ب-س-م with Basmah but is formed differently and is not simply another spelling.
How Popular is the Name Basmah?
Basmah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1994. Its best rank was #10,694 in 1994.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #13,742 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #14,057 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #14,784 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,160 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #15,684 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,423 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #10,694 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #11,996 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Basmah Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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