Badu

The meaning of Badu is 'the tenth born child' or 'a strong or powerful person'. It is a unisex name and can be pronounced as 'bed-u', 'bad-u' or 'bah-doo'. There are a few famous people by this name, such as the Ghanaian footballer Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, who is better known as Badu. He is a midfielder and earned 78 caps for Ghana's national team. There is also Erykah Badu, who is an American singer-songwriter. She is attributed to being one of the leaders of the Neo-Soul genre.