Throughout the world, Beshr (بشر 
, Beshr 
) is a common epicene first name. The given name Beshr is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, Syria, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine name, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Iraq, Egypt, and Sudan. Likewise, Beshr is the last name as well as the forename.