All around the world, באשי (Bashi 
, באשי 
) is quite a common epicene first name. The first name באשי is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a rare male name, Somalia, and Nigeria, where it is a rare mostly boy's, but seldom female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Somalia. Likewise, באשי is the last name as well as the forename.