Bahadır

Bahadır
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Turkish
Origin
Language(s)	Turkish
Word/name	"bahadır"
Derivation	"bahadır"
Meaning	"brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", "gallant"
Other names
Cognate(s)	Mete, Metehan
See also	Baghatur

Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".

Bahadır is the modern version of "Baghatur". Baghatur is the appropriate Turkish reading of the personal name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Baghatur is considered one of the first known Turkish rulers in the history and the name is used in memory of him.

On the other hand, Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" and is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people. Moreover, Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Modu Chanyu, the founder of Xiongnu Empire, known as Mete in Turkish
Baghatur Khagan, Khagan of the Khazars, c. 760
Bahadır Akkuzu (1955–2009), Turkish musician
Bahadır Alkım (1915–1981), Turkish archaeologist
Bahadır Demir (1942–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat
Bahadır Gökay (born 1955), Turkish painter
Bahadır Karasu (born 1990), Turkish low-budget film maker
Ba'tur, The Mongol general Subutai is referred to in the Secret History of the Mongols as ba'tur
Bahadur Khan, Ilkhan Abu Sa'id took the name bahadur khan after defeating Uzbek khan of Golden Horde
Bahadir Cambel (born 1982), Famous Turkish developer responsible for the well-known Python repository

Surname

Abulghazi Bahadur, ruler of the Khanate of Khiva
Oğuzhan Bahadır, Turkish football goalkeeper
Turgay Bahadır, Turkish-Austrian footballer

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