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 Abusalah (born 2005), Palestinian-American entrepreneur * Badr Bashir (born 1997), Saudi Arabian football player * Badr Benoun (born 1993), Moroccan football player *

Badr Bilal Badr Bilal (born 4 November 1962) is a Qatari former striker who played for Al Sadd He is currently a sports analyst. He was part of the Qatar U–20 team which came runners-up in the 1981 FIFA Youth World Cup. He scored 3 goals in 6 matche ...

(born 1962), Qatari football player * Badr Boulahroud (born 1993), Moroccan football player *

Badr bin Saud al Busaidi Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harab Al Busaidi (; died 7 March 2023) was an Omani politician. He served in the government for over 40 years including as the Minister of the Interior and the Minister Responsible For Defence. Family His father, Sayyi ...

, 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 Badr Hari (Arabic: بدر هاري; born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch professional kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. Born in Amsterdam, Hari made his professional kickboxing debut in 2000, and quickly rose to fame with his aggressive and ...

(born 1984), a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer *

Badr al-Jamali Abu'l-Najm Badr ibn Abdallah al-Jamali al-Mustansiri, better known as Badr al-Jamali () or by his eventual title as Amir al-Juyush (, ), was a military commander and statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph al-Mustansir. Of Armenian origi ...

(died 1094), general and de facto ruler of the Fatimid Caliphate * Badr Jafar, 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 Badr al-Molouk (), was the first wife of Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty. Badr al-Molouk was born in 1897 in Tabriz. She was the daughter of the Qajar Prince Zahir as-Sultan Vala and Afagh Khanom. At four years old, her futur ...

(1897–1979), Queen consort in

Qajar Iran The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic peoples, Turkic origin,Cyrus G ...

Badr al-Mu'tadidi Abu'l-Najm Badr al-Mu'tadidi was the chief military commander of the Abbasid Caliphate during the reign of Caliph al-Mu'tadid (892–902). Originally a military slave ('' ghulam'' or ''mawla'') who served under the future al-Mu'tadid in the supp ...

(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 Badr Shakir al-Sayyab () (December 24, 1926 in Jaykur, Basra – December 24, 1964 in Kuwait) was an Iraqi poet, regarded as one of the most important contemporary Arab poets. Alongside Nazik Al Malaika, he is considered one of the founders of A ...

(1926–1964), Iraqi poet *

Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud ( ''Badr bin ʿAbdullāh bin Moḥammed bin Farḥān Āl Suʿūd''; born 16 September 1985) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and politician who is a member of the Saudi royal family and the inaugur ...

(born 1985), Saudi Arabian businessman and politician *

Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (, ''Badr bin 'Abd al 'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd''; 1932 – 1 April 2013) was a long-term deputy commander of the Saudi National Guard and a senior member of the Saudi royal family. Early life and education Prince Badr was bo ...

(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 Mohamed Badr Hassan (; born 25 November 1989) is an Egyptian-born footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester 62 and the Gibraltar national team. Career Badr Hassan made his international debut for Gibraltar on 10 October 2019 in a fr ...

(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 *Mohammed Al Badr (born 1997), Qatari football player *

Muhammad al-Badr Muhammad Al-Badr (15 February 1926 – 6 August 1996) was the last king and Zaidi Imam of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen) and leader of the monarchist regions during the North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970). His full name wa ...

(1926−1996), the last king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen *

Nusrat Badr Nusrat Badr (died 24 January 2020) was a lyricist, of 817 songs in 108 films working mostly on Bollywood movies as songwriter. He was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in 2002 for the song " Dola Re Dola" from the movie ''Devdas''. ...

(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 Zaki Badr (; 28 February 1926 – 2 April 1997) was an Egyptian major general and the former interior minister of Egypt who served in the post from 1986 to 1990 in the Sedki Cabinet. Badr had a confrontational approach during his term. ...

, (1926–1997), Egyptian politician

Fictional characters

Badroulbadour Badroulbadour / Badr ul-Badour / Badr al-Badur ( ', "full moon of full moons") is a princess whom Aladdin married in ''The Story of Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Lamp''. Her name uses the full moon as a metaphor for female beauty, which is common in ...

(more properly ''Badr ul-budūr''), a fairy tale character who Aladdin married {{wiktionary, Badr Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names Unisex given names Arabic-language surnames Persian feminine given names Feminine given names