Badar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAH-dar
- Origin
- Arabic
Badar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “full moon”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Badar mean?
Arabic: variant of Badr
“full moon”
Variant of Badr, the Arabic word for the full moon, also the site of the Muslim victory at the Battle of Badr in 624.
Is Badar a girl's or a boy's name?
Badar is a boys' name.
How popular is Badar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 boys.
Badar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
Names like Badar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Umair, Fahad, Saif, Hassan, Ahmed, Umar, Abdur, Samir, Zahir, Hammad, Uzair
Names related to Badar
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Badar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/badar, updated 20 October 2026.