Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 746

Badur

Badur /baˈduɾ/

“hero, valiant (batur)”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
B
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Badur?

Badur

IPA /baˈduɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Badur mean?

Badur can be explained as a form of batur, “hero, valiant warrior”, pronounced with d for t. In older Turkic batur names the warrior hero and shares its origin with bahadır. The link rests on the similarity of sound; no source treats this surname specifically.1

Grammar batur with voicing of t to d.

That Badur goes back to batur is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Badur made of?

Badur is a single Turkic root: Badur (spoken form of batur, “hero”).

Badur root Badur spoken form of batur,“hero” TURKIC batur “hero, valiant warrior” Badur Badur root spoken form of batur, “hero” batur TURKIC “hero, valiant warrior”
Badur: parts and root words
  • batur Turkic — hero, valiant warrior1

How was the name Badur formed?

Badur is the word Badur (“spoken form of batur, “hero””), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Badur?

Badur Bahadır Batur Erbatur Baturalp Baturay Batır Baybatur
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bahadır same root – –
02 Batur same root – –
03 Erbatur same root – –
04 Baturalp same root – –
05 Baturay same root – –
06 Batır same root – –
07 Baybatur same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Badur?

  1. Sezer Badur association football player 1984–
  2. Sercan Badur actor 1990–
  3. Deniz Badur association football player
  4. Selim Badur researcher
  5. Sercan Badur actor 1990–

People surnamed Badur as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: batur accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Badur

Q1

What does the surname Badur mean?

Badur can be explained as a form of batur, “hero, valiant warrior”, pronounced with d for t. In older Turkic batur names the warrior hero and shares its origin with bahadır. The link rests on the similarity of sound; no source treats this surname specifically.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Badur?

The root word of Badur is batur (Turkic): “hero, valiant warrior”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Badur?

Ba·dur, 2 syllables; IPA: /baˈduɾ/.