Akhdar (Name)

Akhdar (transliteration: Akhḍar, Arabic: أخضر) is an Arabic name for boys that means “green” (the color).¹When describing a young man, it means one whose beard has just started to grow.²

Akhdar should not be confused with Akdar. However, some people spell Akhdar as Akdar. Akhadr is also spelled as Akhder, Akhzar, Akhzer and Akzer.

Akhdar was the name of a house near Tabuk in which the Prophet Muhammad stayed during the Tabuk Campaign.³

The word Akhdar is used once in the Quran:

He who produced fuel for you from the green trees, with which you kindle a fire.⁴

Below is the name Akhdar written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Akhdar written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE), entry for خَضِرَ.
2. Al-Mu`jam al-Waseet by a Team of Writers (1998), entry for الْــأَخْضَر.
3. Al-Nihaayah fi Ghareeb al-Hadeeth wal Athar by Abu Sa`aadaat Ibn al-Athir (d. 1210 CE), entry for أخْضَر.
4. The Quran, verse 36:81.