Forename جعفر

In the world, جعفر (جعفر , Jafar , Cafer , among others...) is a widespread masculine first name. The first name جعفر is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is a common principally masculine, but scarcely female name, Syria, and Bahrain, where it is a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Iraq, and Turkey. Much less frequently, جعفر is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name جعفر

name Ja'Far, name Dżafar, name Gaafar, name Jafar, name Jaffer, name Jaafer, name জাফর, name Ja'Afar, name Jaafar, name Xhafer, name Djafar, name Jaffar, name جعفر, name Cəfər, name Cafer, name Zafar, name Dschafar, name Джафар, name Xhaferr, name Jàfar, name Jafer

VARIANT	COUNTRY
جعفر	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria
Jafar, Jaafar	Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Turkey
Cafer	Iraq, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Jaffar	Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia
Gaafar	Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malaysia
Ja'Far	Indonesia, Syria, Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia
Ja'Afar	India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia

First names said to be same

Cəfər, Djafar, Dschafar, Dżafar, Jaafer, Jafer, Jaffer, Jàfar, Xhafer, Xhaferr, Zafar, Джафар, and জাফর

First name جعفر in the context

جعفر is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jafar , the Aladdin character; Jaffar , character in Prince of Persia; Jafar , the character from Descendants; Jafar , the musical character in the musical Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular by Alan Menken and Ja'far , the musical character in the musical Twisted by A.J. Holmes, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	جعفر بن أبي طالب Companion (Sahabi) and Cousin of Muhammad (c. 590–629), SA (b. 589)
	جعفر بن علي son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 680), IQ (b. 647)
	جعفر الصادق Muslim scholar and Shia Imam (died 765), SA (b. 702)
	جعفر Bactrian vizier, IQ (b. 767)
	جعفر المقتدر بالله The eighteenth Abbasid Caliph, IQ (b. 895)
	جعفر بن أحمد السراج Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1028)
	جعفر بن ثعلب بن جعفر الأُدفُوي EG (b. 1286)
	جعفر قزوینی Persian poet of Indian Mughal court, IR (b. 1551)
	جعفر الخطي Eastern Arabian poet, SA (b. 1572)
	جعفر البرزنجي Muslim scholar, SA (b. 1716)
	جعفر الخرسان Ottoman Iraqi poet (1802-1886), IQ (b. 1802)
	جعفر ولي باشا Egyptian politician and football manager, EG (b. 1880)
	جعفر العسكري 3rd and 6th prime minister of Iraq (1885–1936), IQ (b. 1885)
	جعفر النقدي Iraqi Islamic scholar, writer and poet, IQ (b. 1886)
	جعفر الشرقي Iraqi faqih and poet, IQ (b. 1843)

Characteristic surnames

علي, الطائي, الملكي, الكعبي, سليمان, العامري, العراقي, العبودي, الساعدي, الدراجي, الجبوري, الربيعي, الخفاجي, التميمي, المالكي, الموسوي, المياحي, الكناني, ابراهيم, اسماعيل, عبدالله, البصراوي, الطيار, المحمداوي, الصادق, الشمري, حسن, احمد, عباس, حسين, حيدر, صادق, صالح, محمد, كاظم, يوسف, العلي, الملك, احمدي, عثمان, حيدري, رضائي, جعفري, محمدي, محمود, مرادي, الحنين, الاسدي, and الكربلائي