Boys' names
Basheer
Bringer of good news
بَشِير
Basheer
Bringer of good news
Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Basheer
Arabic
بَشِير
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
b-sh-r
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah al-Baqarah 2:119
Origin & meaning
Used in the Quran for the Prophet ﷺ as a bringer of glad tidings.
Quranic source
Surah al-Baqarah 2:119
Themes
Same root · b-sh-r
Names sharing this root.
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).