In Arabic onomastics (nisbah), Al-Badawi () or simply Badawi () denotes a relationship to or from Bedouin areas (and may consequently imply 'rustic'). It is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

  • Ahmad al-Badawi, a saint in Islam
  • Al-Baydawi, philosopher and mufassir
  • Jamal al-Bedawi, also written Jamal al-Badawi, a contemporary Yemeni accused and convicted of planning the USS Cole Bombing
  • Jamal Badawi, Egyptian-born Canadian professor and author
  • Abdel Hamid Badawi, Egyptian jurist and Foreign Minister
  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's fifth prime minister
  • Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher
  • El-Sayyid el-Badawi, Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party
  • Fares Badawi, Palestinian judoka
  • Helmy Bahgat Badawi, first chairman of the Suez Canal Authority
  • Mohamed Badawi, Sudanese linguist and publisher, singer and composer
  • Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist, and writer
  • Nadia Badawi, Egyptian-born Australian medical researcher, specialising in cerebral palsy
  • Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabian blogger and prisoner of conscience
  • Samar Badawi, Saudi Arabian human rights activist
  • Zaki Badawi, Muslim scholar
  • Zeinab Badawi, British newsreader and broadcaster

Given name:

  • Badawi al-Jabal, a Syrian poet

Prof Lutfullah Badawi Writer, Poet, based in Pakistan

Other:

  • Stage name of Israeli composer Raz Mesinai

See also

  • Al-Badawi
  • Bedouin