Given name & surname
Badr
“born beneath the full moon”
Badr is a variant of Badar. One Arabic interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Badr is a variant of Badar. One Arabic interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Badr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 276
- 276 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,265 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,265 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 566 as a first name in 2020; 716 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Badr’s family of names
Badr has a related form in Badar. In English usage, Badr as a surname has a related form in BADOUR.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Badr
- Badr HariDutch-Moroccan kickboxerborn 1984
- Badr BenounMoroccan professional footballerborn 1993
- Badr El KaddouriMoroccan footballerborn 1981
- Bader Al-MutawaKuwaiti footballerborn 1985
- Badr al-JamaliFatimid statesman1010–1094
- Badr Shakir al-SayyabIraqi poet (1926-1964)
- Badr al-Din Lu'lu'Successor to the Zengid dynasty1150–1259
- Badar Al-MaimaniOmani footballerborn 1983
- Badreddin al-HouthiSpiritual leader of the Ansar Allah Houthi movement1926–2010
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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