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Throughout the world, Jàfar (Джафар , Jàfar) is quite a rare boy's forename. The given name Jàfar is characteristic of Tajikistan, where it is quite a rare male name, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Tajikistan, Russia, and Azerbaijan. Very seldom, Jàfar is the last name as well as the forename.
Jàfar is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jafar , the Aladdin character.