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 Al-Attas (born 1997), Emirati football player
 * 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, 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, 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
 * Mohammed Al Badr (born 1997), Qatari football player
 * Muhammad al-Badr (1926−1996), the last king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
 * Nusrat Badr (died 2020), Indian lyricist
 * Samir Badr (born 1992), American soccer player
 * 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-budūr), a fairy tale character who Aladdin married