Bahadır is a common masculine

Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...

. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in lowercase.

Related names

Bahadır is the modern version of "

Baghatur Baghatur is a historical Turkic and Mongolic honorific title, in origin a term for "hero" or "valiant warrior". The Papal envoy Plano Carpini ( 1185–1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood. The word was common am ...

". On the other hand, Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" and is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people. Moreover, Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Equivalents

* Arabic: Bahadur (بهادر) * Georgian: Baadur (ბაადურ) * Persian: Bahadur (بهادر) * Urdu: Bahadur (بہادر) * Turkmen: Batyr

Other Relations

* History: Modu (Possibly a Middle Chinese form (冒頓) of the old Turkic honorific title "bagatur".) * Turkish: Mete (Turkish form of Modu.) * Caucasian Mythology: Batraz (Possibly from Turkic "bagatur". This is the name of the leader of the superhuman Narts in Caucasian mythology.) * Ossetian: Batraz (Батырадз)

Notable people with the name

Given name

Bahadır Akkuzu Bahadır Akkuzu (February 3, 1955 – August 6, 2009) was a Turkish singer and musician who was a self-taught guitarist and vocalist. Biography Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 ...

(1955–2009), Turkish musician *

Bahadır Alkım Bahadır Alkım Bayraktar (February 28, 1915 – May 6, 1981) was a Turkish archaeologist. Bahadır Alkım Bayraktar was born in İzmir, then Ottoman Empire on February 28, 1915. After his high school education, he entered the Faculty of Letters ...

(1915–1981), Turkish archaeologist *

Bahadır Demir Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish name, Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant". This name is written with a dotless ı. It appears as BAHADIR in uppercase and bahadır in low ...

(1942–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat *

Bahadır Gökay Bahadır Gökay (born 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish painter. He graduated from the Department of Graphics in the State School of Higher Education of Applied Fine Arts Istanbul (now known as Marmara University, Graphic Design) in 1982. He was yet a ...

(born 1955), Turkish painter

Surname

Abulghazi Bahadur Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (Chagatai language, Chagatai and , Abulgazi, Ebulgazi, Abu-l-Ghazi, August 24, 1603 – 1663) was the Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663. He was a member of the Khanate of Khiva#:~:text=of the region.-,After 1500,-%5Bedit%5D, Uzb ...

, ruler of the Khanate of Khiva *

Oğuzhan Bahadır Oğuzhan Bahadır (born December 24, 1979, in Ankara) is a Turkish football goalkeeper who plays for Kırklarelispor Kırklarelispor is a Turkish sports club founded in 1968 is currently playing in the TFF Second League. The club's colours are ...

(born 1979), Turkish football goalkeeper *

Turgay Bahadır Turgay Bahadır (born 15 January 1984 in Vienna) is a Turkish former footballer. Career Bahadir began his career with First Vienna FC and won the youth championship in 1999. He was then scouted from SK Rapid Wien in the summer of 2000. He the ...

(born 1984), Turkish-Austrian footballer {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahadir Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names