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Badr

/BAH-der/ MasculineArabic

Meaning

Badr is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “full moon”.

Badr refers specifically to the moon at its fullest and brightest, a traditional Arabic image of perfected beauty. The name also recalls the Battle of Badr, a foundational moment in early Islamic history, which has kept it in steady use for boys.

A familiar name in North Africa and the Gulf states.

At a glance

Origin
Arabic
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/BAH-der/
Themes
MoonLight

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Questions

  • Badr is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “full moon”. Badr refers specifically to the moon at its fullest and brightest, a traditional Arabic image of perfected beauty.

  • Badr is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. It is a familiar name in North Africa and the Gulf states.

  • The name Badr comes from Arabic. Badr refers specifically to the moon at its fullest and brightest, a traditional Arabic image of perfected beauty. The name also recalls the Battle of Badr, a foundational moment in early Islamic history, which has kept it in steady use for boys.

  • Badr is pronounced BAH-der.

More names that mean moon

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Aybek MasculineTurkic“moon lord”
  2. Ayla FeminineTurkish“moonlight, halo around the moon”
  3. Aylin FeminineTurkish“halo of the moon”
  4. Chandra UnisexSanskrit“moon, shining”
  5. Diana FeminineLatin“divine, heavenly”
  6. Esmeray FeminineTurkish“dark moon”