Across the world, Bashiri (Bashiri 
, بشيري 
, Башири 
) is quite a common epicene given name. The first name Bashiri is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Nigeria, where it is a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently female name, and Algeria, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Tanzania, India, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Bashiri is the last name as well as the forename.