Around the globe, بداوی (Badawi 
, Bedevi 
, بداوی 
) is quite a common unisex given name. The first name بداوی is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Turkey, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently male name, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Turkey, Sudan, and Egypt. More frequently, بداوی is the last name as well as the forename.