Badr as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Badr

What is the meaning of the name Badr ?

The baby name Badr is a Male name , 12 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: /badr/ ; English approximation: /ˈbædər/ ("BAD-ur" or "bah-dr").

Badr is Arabic in Origin.

Badr is an Arabic masculine given name from بدر (badr), meaning “full moon at its brightest,” specifically the fourteenth-night moon. In classical Arabic and pre-Islamic poetry, al-badr evokes beauty, radiance, and auspicious arrival; the root b-d-r can also suggest sudden appearance or hastening, echoing the moon’s swift rise.

The name gained prominence through Badr, the oasis near Medina and site of the pivotal 624 CE battle, which lent it honorific resonance across the Islamic world. It is used widely in Arab countries and among Muslim communities in South Asia and beyond. Variants and transliterations include Bader, Badar (Urdu), and Turkish Bedir; feminine forms include Badra and Badriya/Badriyya (also Badria). As a compound, it appears in Badr al-Din/Badruddin (“full moon of the faith”). Related surnames and nisbas such as al-Badri denote origin from Badr or association with veterans of the battle.