Bashkim

given name · Latin script

Meaning: union

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/baʃkim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bashkim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Albania than in any other country, where it is the 45th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 596(measured from records)
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 477
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 19K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bashkim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Albania (measured from records)

5,157 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
57 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 477 (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BashkimLatin(measured from records)
БашкимCyrillic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

union

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bashkim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bashkim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AL Albania#455,1571 in 5965.2KBashkim47
XK Kosovo#30≈4,000 est.≈1 in 4776.2KBashkim7
MK North Macedonia—1,290as Башким1 in 1.6K1.3KBashkim6
IT Italy—≈910 est.≈1 in 69K1Bashkim10
CH Switzerland—≈450 est.≈1 in 19K—Bashkim11
SI Slovenia#366831 in 25K83Bashkim2

5,157 people counted by INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bashkim is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in North Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Башким, Башкім

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Bashkim Gazidede, b. 1952Bashkim Hoxha, b. 1954Bashkim Shehu, b. 1955Bashkim Fino, b. 1962Bashkim Shaqiri, b. 1968Bashkim Jashari, b. 1977Bashkim Kadrii, b. 1991Bashkim Sukaj, b. 1992Bashkim Renneke, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalPërshëndetje Bashkim,Hi Bashkim, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Bashkim
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—6.2K#28
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—5.2K#23
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1974297—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1976284—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1973284—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1977282—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1972275—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1979265—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1975249—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1971237—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1978236—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1980230—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bashkim mean, and where does it come from?
union Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Bashkim?
A machine transcription gives /baʃkim/ (IPA) for Albanian.
Is Bashkim a male or female name?
Bashkim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Bashkim have the most bearers?
In Albania, the national register counted about 5.2 thousand people named Bashkim, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bashkim.
How common is the name Bashkim?
In Albania, the national register counted 5,157 people named Bashkim, about 1 in 596 residents.
How common is Bashkim compared with other names?
In Albania, Bashkim is the 45th most common given name of 11,910 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bashkim” — the 45th most common given name in Albania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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