Basma and its variant Basmah are Arabic words which are used as a feminine given name and a surname. Its adjective form means "smile" in Arabic. People with the name include:
Given name
- Basma Abdel Aziz (born 1976), Egyptian psychiatrist and human rights activist
- Basma Khalfaoui (born 1970), Tunisian lawyer and political activist
- Basmah bint Saud Al Saud (born 1964), Saudi royal
- Basma bint Talal (born 1951), Jordanian royal
Surname
- Christer Basma (born 1972), Norwegian football player
- Kassim Basma (born 1960), Sierra Leonean businessman
- Muhsen Basma (born 1966), Syrian football referee
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References
- Omnia H. Zayed; Samhaa R. EI Beltagy (2012). "Person Name Extraction from Modem Standard Arabic or Colloquial Text" (Conference paper). IEEE Xplore.