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Throughout the world, بادی (Buddy , بادی) is a common masculine given name. The first name بادی is habitual in U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common boy's name, the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Indonesia, and Philippines. Very seldom, بادی is the last name as well as the forename.
بادی is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Syndrome , the main antagonist of the 2004 film The Incredibles; Animal Man , the superhero in the DC Comics Universe, Strange Adventures; OMAC , the fictional comic book character; Buddy Goode , the fictional character and Buddy Cole , the fictional character, The Kids in the Hall, and in many other works.