Bukair (Name)

Bukair (transliteration: Bukayr, Arabic: بكير) is an Arabic name for boys that means “young (adolescent) camel”. It is the diminutive form of Bakr.¹²

Bukair is also spelled Bukayr, Bokayr and Bukeyr among others.

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Bukair:

• Bukair bin Ali bi Tameem بكير بن علي بن تميم

Below is the name Bukair written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Bukair written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Al-Muṭarrizī, al-Mughrib fī Tartīb al-Muʿrib (d. 1213 CE), بكر.
2. Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names (Sultan Qaboos University, 1985), بُكَيْر.