Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Khidr Name Meaning in Islam
Al-Khidr, the mysterious guide of Musa.
- Meaning
- Al-Khidr, the mysterious guide of Musa
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- خ-ض-ر
- Urdu
- خضر
- Pronunciation
- KHIDR
- Lucky number
- 2
Is Khidr an Islamic name? Yes. Khidr is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Al-Khidr, the mysterious guide of Musa. Its root appears in the Quran, and the name is in continuous use across the Muslim world. It was carried by Al-Khidr (the Green One). Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
خ-ض-ر. From kh-ḍ-r (green, growing). Al-Khiḍr: 'the Green One', the mysterious figure of Surah al-Kahf (18:65–82) whom Moses encounters as a guide of the unseen.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Water pools in Khidr, the element of mercy, feeling, and receptive depth. The letters ask their bearer to hold others without hardening, to be a well and not a wall. Anchoring this reading is Al-Ahad, the One, calling the person toward a singular, undivided presence. A person named Khidr holds others without asking them to be smaller.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Al-Khidr (the Green One), the mysterious figure who guided Musa in Surah Al-Kahf (18:60-82). Musa, the greatest prophet given the Torah, was taught that there is always one more knowing than you. Al-Khidr performed three apparently terrible acts that each turned out to be divine wisdom, the ship he scuttled, the boy he killed, the wall he rebuilt. 'I did not do it from my own decision' (18:82).
Al-Khidr (the Green One), traditionally identified in the Islamic tradition with the servant of Allah met by Musa (AS), is not named by personal name in the Quran. He is called abdan min ibadina (a servant among Our servants) in Surah Al-Kahf (18:65).
The Quran preserves the whole encounter in Surah Al-Kahf (18:60 to 82): Musa's request to learn, the three enigmatic acts (the scuttled ship, the killed boy, the rebuilt wall), and al-Khidr's explanation that shows the divine wisdom hidden behind appearances. It is the classical Quranic passage on the limits of human judgement.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Al-Khidr (the Green One) . The mysterious servant of God in Surah al-Kahf (18:65–82) who teaches Moses about the limits of human knowledge; widely venerated in Sufi tradition as a perennial guide
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What does the name Khidr mean?
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Is Khidr mentioned in the Quran?
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