Girl · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Bisma
بسمہSay it BIS-ma
Bisma meaning
Bisma (بسمہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
Meaning today
Smile, polite
In the dictionaries
We haven't confirmed a dictionary meaning for the name itself. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Bisma (بسمہ) is a girl's name used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan. Name lists usually give its meaning as "smile", sometimes "polite". We could not find Bisma as a word in Lane's Arabic lexicon or in Platts's Urdu dictionary, so these are popular meanings rather than dictionary ones. The name sounds like Basma, the Arabic word for a smile, and like the opening words of bismillāh, "in the name of God", and parents often have one of these in mind. Bismah is an alternative spelling.
References: Platts, bismay (unrelated Hindi word), p. 156 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ism, 'name', Book I p. 1435
Spellings
Bisma · Bismah