Besim

given name · Latin script

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

Besim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Güler yüzlü, güleç adam.

rarermore common
  • TMTurkmenistan≈1 in 6.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 20K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 45K

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 Besim 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.

Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,100 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 319 (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BesimLatin(measured from records)
БесимCyrillic(measured from records)
ბესიმGeorgian(measured from records)

Locally spelled Бесим in MK North Macedonia and Beşim in TM Turkmenistan.

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)

recorded in Turkish

Güler yüzlü, güleç adam.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Besim 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 Besim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
XK Kosovo#15≈6,100 est.≈1 in 3197.5KBesim7
TR Türkiye—≈4,200 est.≈1 in 20K—Besim69
AL Albania—2,3541 in 1.3K2.4K—1
DE Germany—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 45K—Besim73
MK North Macedonia#4581,645as Бесим1 in 1.3K1.6KБесим14
TM Turkmenistan#659≈870 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Beşim5
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#374≈620 est.≈1 in 6.2K—Besim16

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. 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)

Besim is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Bêśîm

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, United States

    Also written Bēsīm, Beşim

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Beşim

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Beşim

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Switzerland, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Beşim

  • Greek given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, Türkiye

    Also written Μπεσημ, Mpesim

  • Slovak given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Beşim

  • Amharic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Kosovo, Türkiye

    Also written በስም, Beşim

28 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)

18001850190019502000Besim Bey, b. 1828Besim Ömer Akalın, b. 1862Besim Atalay, b. 1882Besim Korkut, b. 1904Besim Üstünel, b. 1927Besim Bokshi, b. 1930Besim Sahatçiu, b. 1935Besim Spahić, b. 1953Besim Kabashi, b. 1976Besim Kunić, b. 1986

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България

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 Besim mean?
Recorded meaning: Güler yüzlü, güleç adam.
Is Besim a male or female name?
Besim 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.
What are other forms of the name Besim?
In the etymology graph, Bassam, Bassem and Basim are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Besim have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.1 thousand people named Besim in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled besim.
How common is the name Besim?
In Albania, the national register counted 2,354 people named Besim, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
How common is Besim compared with other names?
In Kosovo, Besim is the 15th most common given name of 3,412 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, “Besim” — the 15th most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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