Around the globe, باقر (باقر 
, Baqir 
, Baqer 
) is a common masculine first name. The given name باقر is habitual in Iraq, where it is a common predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, Pakistan, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Bahrain, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. Very seldom, باقر is the last name as well as the forename.
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| باقر | Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq |
| Baqir | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan |
| Baqer | United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan |
| Bagher | Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India |
| باقر الهندي Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1867) |
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| باقر آل عصفور Bahraini Islamic scholar and writer, BH (b. 1885) |
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باقر آیت‌الله‌زاده شیرازی Iranian architect and faculty, IR (b. 1936) |
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| باقر الخفاجي Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1894) |
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باقر جبر الزبيدي Iraqi politician, IQ (b. 1946) |
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باقر لاریجانی Iranian politician, IR (b. 1961) |
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| باقر الدجيلي Iraqi lawyer and politician, IQ (b. 1917) |
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| باقر سماكة Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1924) |
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| باقر مومنی Iranian historian and translator, IR (b. 1926) |
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| باقر عاقلی Iranian historian, writer, journalist and essayist, IR (b. 1929) |
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| باقر علي خريبط KW (b. 1928) |
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| باقر صحرارودی Iranian actor, IR (b. 1942) |
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| باقر النجار BH (b. 1953) |
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| باقر سلیمان‌نژاد IR (b. 1958) |
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| باقر الايرواني (b. 1964) |
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