Badr means full moon. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (in the Quran)
بَدْر
Badr
Full moon
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Meaning
Badr (بَدْر) is an Arabic name for boys, and a name in the Quran. It means full moon. The full moon is a picture of beauty in Arabic poetry. Badr ad-Din, "full moon of the religion", is a longer form.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Badr comes from the root ب د ر, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
Badr, the place of the first great battle of Islam, is named in 3:123: "Allah gave you victory at Badr".
وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍۢ وَأَنتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Wa laqad nasarakumul laahu bi-Badrinw wa antum azillatun fattaqul laaha la'allakum tashkuroon
And already had Allah given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were few in number. Then fear Allah; perhaps you will be grateful.
Quran 3:123. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it BADR. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Bader and Badar. In Arabic it is written with 3 letters, from right to left: ب ba + د dal + ر ra.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Badr bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Badr (بَدْر) means full moon. It is an Arabic name for boys, and a name in the Quran.
Badr, the place of the first great battle of Islam, is named in 3:123: "Allah gave you victory at Badr".
Badr is used as a boy's name.
Badr is written بَدْر in Arabic, said BADR.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, بَدْر. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.