69%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts بسّام(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. bas-SAM [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بَسَمَ (basama) meaning "to smile". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsBasim, BassemFeminine FormsBasima, BasmaOther Languages & CulturesBesim(Turkish) Categories happiness, happy