2 Islamic articles on: Baby Names Meaning “Camel”

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  1. Bukair (Name)
  2. Bakr (Name)

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 !PM 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:

Bakr (Name)

Bakr () is an Arabic name for boys that means “young (adolescent) camel”.123

The closest Companion of Prophet Muhammad PBUH 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 !PM 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: