Badr (Arabic name)

Badr is an Arabic origin name which is used as a masculine given name and a surname. In other regions such as in Iran it is also used as a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Badr Bashir (born 1997), Saudi Arabian football player
• Badr Benoun (born 1993), Moroccan football player
• Badr Bilal (born 1962), Qatari football player
• Badr Boulahroud (born 1993), Moroccan football player
• Badr bin Saud al Busaidi (died 2023), Omani politician
• Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi (born 1960), Omani diplomat and politician
• Badr al-Din, multiple people
• Badr Gaddarine (born 1997), Moroccan football player
• Badr al-Zaman Gharib (1929–2020), Iranian linguist
• Badr Hari (born 1984), a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer
• Badr al-Jamali (died 1094), general and de facto ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate
• Badr Jafar (born 1979), Emirati businessman
• Badr El Kaddouri (born 1981), a Moroccan footballer
• Badr Lama (1907–1947), Palestinian actor
• Badr Mirza (born 1984), Emirati racing cyclist
• Badr al-Molouk (1897–1979), Queen consort in Qajar Iran
• Badr al-Mu'tadidi (died 912), commander-in-chief of the Abbasid Caliphate under al-Mu'tadid
• Badr Zaki Nacer (born 1988), Moroccan football player
• Badr El Ouazni (born 1991), Italian football player
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926–1964), Iraqi poet
• Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1985), Saudi Arabian businessman and politician
• Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932–2013), Saudi royal
• Badr bin Muhammad Al Saud, Saudi royal
• Badr bin Saud Al Saud (1934–2004), Saudi royal
• Badr bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1980), Saudi royal
• Badr Siwane (born 1994), Moroccan triathlete

Middle name

• Hurra bint Badr, wife of 10th century Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir.
• Adnan Badr Hassan, Syrian security officer
• Arabi Badr Mokhtar (born 2001), Egyptian football player
• Mohamed Badr Hassan (born 1989), Egyptian-born football player

Surname

• Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr (born 1973), Yemeni royal
• Ahmad bin Ibrahim Badr (1920–2009), Saudi Arabian artist
• Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian Urdu poet
• Ibrahim Badr, Lebanese musician
• Jamaluddin Badr, Afghan politician
• Kamal Badr (born 1954), Lebanese academic
• Liana Badr (born 1950), Palestinian writer
• Mai Badr (born 1968), Syrian origin British journalist
• Mohamed Badr (born 1929), Egyptian wrestler
• Muhammad al-Badr (1926−1996), the last king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
• Nusrat Badr (died 2020), Indian lyricist
• Sara Badr (born 1987), Egyptian squash player
• Sawsan Badr (born 1959), Egyptian actress
• Shafiq Badr (died 2013), Lebanese politician
• Wael Badr (born 1978), Egyptian basketball player
• Zaki Badr, (1926–1997), Egyptian politician

Fictional characters

• Badroulbadour (more properly Badr ul-budÅ«r), a fairy tale character who Aladdin married