Besima
- Meaning:
- Smiling, cheerful
- Origin:
- Arabic
About the name Besima
Arabic feminine of Besim, from 'basm' (smiling); used among Bosniak communities.
Popularity with newborns
Besima has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
46 people in Croatia are called Besima, according to the 2021 census. That is #2161 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Besima is recorded in 3 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.