Bakr () is an Arabic name for boys that means “young (adolescent) camel”.123
The closest Companion of Prophet Muhammad is known as Abu Bakr, which means “father of a boy named Bakr”. This wasn’t his first name but his kunya, something akin to a nickname. His first name was ʿAbdullāh, his full name being ʿAbdullāh bin Abī Quḥāfa.
There are ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Bakr:
- Bakr bin Umayyah al-Dhamri بكر بن أمية الضمري
- Bakr bin Jabalah بكر بن جبلة
- Bakr bin al-Haarith al-Anmaari بكر بن الحارث الأنماري
- Bakr bin Haarithah al-Juhani بكر بن حارثة الجهني
- Bakr bin Habeeb al-Hanafi بكر بن حبيب الحنفي
- Bakr bin Hadhlam al-Asadi بكر بن حذلم الأسدي
- Bakr bin al-Shuddakh al-Laithi بكر بن الشداخ الليثي
- Bakr bin Abdullah bin al-Rabee` al-Ansari بكر بن عبد الله بن الربيع الأنصاري
- Bakr bin Abdullah بكر بن عبد الله
- Bakr bin Mubshir bin Khair al-Ansari al-Awsi بكر بن مبشر بن خير الأنصاري الأوسي
Below is the name Bakr written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Bakr written in Arabic kufi script: