Badour

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• A surname of French origin, from an altered form of Bédard, from a variant of Old French baudour (“joy, boldness”), or, alternatively, a habitational surname from a small village in Corrèze.
• Variant of Badr, a surname of Arabic origin.

Proper noun

Badour (plural Badours)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Badour is the 40610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Badour is most common among White (93.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Badour”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 81.