Basma is from the Arabic بسمة (Basmah — smile, gentle smile). A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Muslim heritage aesthetic. Basma is one of the foundational Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. The foundational Arabic basmah (smile) is foundational central to foundational Arabic emotional-naming heritage spanning foundational Basma (smile), Ibtisam (smiling), Bushra (good tidings), Farah (joy), Hala (halo of moon). Notable bearer: Princess Basma bint Talal (born 1951) — foundational Jordanian royal + foundational sister of foundational King Hussein I of Jordan + foundational pioneering Jordanian women's rights advocate + foundational founder of foundational Jordanian National Forum for Women 1995 + foundational Princess Basma Women's Resource Centre + foundational UN Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador 2005-present + foundational central to foundational Arab women's empowerment heritage; foundational Basma Hameed Iraqi-Canadian paramedical tattoo artist + foundational pioneering medical micro-pigmentation for foundational burn + acid attack survivors. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting Arab heritage.
Featured throughout Arabic heritage.
Basma reduces to four.