The baby name Badhur is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced approx. 'BAH-dhur' (IPA: /ˈbɑːdʊr/ or /ˈbædʊr/); exact pronunciation may vary by language/region.
The baby name Badhur is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced approx. 'BAH-dhur' (IPA: /ˈbɑːdʊr/ or /ˈbædʊr/); exact pronunciation may vary by language/region.
Badhur is in Origin.
Badhur is a modern transliteration of Bahadur, a masculine name and honorific from Persian and South Asian usage, ultimately traced to Mongolic baghatur “hero.” It entered Persian as bahādur and spread through Urdu, Hindi, and Nepali (बहादुर), where it means “brave, valiant, warrior.” Common spellings include Bahadur, Bahador, and Badur; cognates across Eurasia include Turkic Batur/Batyr and Mongolian Bator, with Russian bogatyr as a related folk-epic form.
Through the Indo-Persian courts the term served as a title appended to rulers and nobles - most famously the Mughal emperors Bahadur Shah I and II - and, in the colonial era, in distinctions such as Rai Bahadur and Khan Bahadur. As a given or middle name it remains popular in Nepal and North India (e.g., Ram Bahadur). Badhur therefore carries a straightforward, heroic sense: brave, strong, and steadfast.
Badhur is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 32 recorded uses across 8 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #800 | 7 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,036 | 4 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,601 | 14 | 28,008 |
Badhur is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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