Entry № 1281 · Arabic origin

Basma Basma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAHS-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Smile (Princess Basma of Jordan)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "smile (princess basma of jordan)".

Basma is from the Arabic بسمة (Basmah — smile, gentle smile). Basma is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Arab heritage.

Smile (Princess Basma of Jordan) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

بسمة
Transliteration
Basmah
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑːs.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Basma stands.

Basma does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Basmas before her.

Real people
Princess Basma bint Talal
Jordanian royal + sister of King Hussein I + UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador + Jordanian National Forum for Women 1995.
born 1951
In fiction
Basma
Arabic smile + Arab women's empowerment heritage.

Names connected to Basma.

The number behind Basma.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Basma reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.