basri

Basri is a name of Arabic origin used as both a surname (nisba) and a given name. It derives from Basra, a major city in present-day Iraq, and frequently indicates ancestral or geographic origin in Arabic-onomastic practice.

In classical Arabic, the nisba form al-Basri was used to denote someone from Basra; in modern transliteration, Basri appears as a simplified form of this nisba or as a given name in its own right.

Hasan al-Basri, a prominent 8th-century Muslim mystic, theologian, and religious reformer, is one of the best-known historical figures associated with the Basri attribution. More broadly, Basri is used in various Muslim-majority countries and among diaspora communities as a family name or given name.

The name appears in different languages and cultures, sometimes adapted to local phonology. Basri may be encountered in Indonesian, Malaysian, and other Southeast Asian communities as a surname or personal name, reflecting the wider dispersion of Arabic-derived names beyond the Arab world.

See also Basra; al-Basri.