Throughout the world, Gaffer (Gaffer 
, Gafa 
, Kaffer 
) is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently girly given name. The first name Gaffer is characteristic of Sudan, where it is a rare male name, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, India, and Sudan. More frequently, Gaffer is the last name as well as the forename.