Badam (Name)

Badam (transliteration: Bādām, Persian: بادام) is an ancient Persian name for boys that means “almond”.¹ it can be used to refer to both the seed and the tree.²

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Badam:

• Badam (freed slave of the Prophet) بادام مولى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

Below is the name Badam written in Persian nastaliq script:

1. Hasan Amid, Farhang-e Fārsīy-e ʿAmīd, 1963, بادام.
2. Mohammad Moin, Moin Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1947-1966, بادام.