Jafar (), meaning in Arabic "small stream/rivulet/creek", is a masculine Arabic given name, common among Muslims especially Arabs.
It may also be transliterated Jafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur, or, in Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, Gafar.
The Turkish spelling of the name is Cafer, the Azerbaijani Cəfər, the Bosniak Džafer and the Albanian Xhafer.
Historical persons
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (died 629), companion of Muhammad, older brother of Ali
Jafar ibn Ali, son of Ali and Umm ul-Banin
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765), descendant of Ali, sixth imam of Shia Islam
Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Mansur, (743–767) was the elder son of caliph al-Mansur. Ja'far ibn Yahya (767–803), one of the Barmakids, vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid Ja'far al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861), the tenth Abbasid caliph Abu Ma'shar Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Balkhi (787–886), Persian scholar Mir Jafar (1691–1765), military commander who betrayed the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah Mir Jafar Dasni (died 841), a rebel, who rebelled against Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim Ja'far ibn Mansur al-Yaman (fl. 10th century), Ismaili theologian Ja'far ibn Fallah (died 971), Kutama Berber general of the Fatimids Ja'far ibn al-Furat (921–1001), Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi (c.840-c.885), son of the tenth imam of Twelver Shia Islam, Ali al-Hadi,anda founder of the Ja'fariyya sect Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Hasani (died 876/7), first Sharif of Mecca Ja'far al-Mufawwid, Abbasid prince and heir-apparent of Caliph al-Mu'tamid Ja'far al-Muqtadir (895-832), the eighteenth Abbasid caliph Ja'far ibn Sa'id (died 1764/5), Sharif of Mecca Jafar Khan (died 1789), King of Persia
Modern persons
Given name
Jafar
Jafar Alam, Bangladeshi politician and Member of Parliament
Jafar Alizadeh (born 1956), Iranian wrestler
Jafar Arias (born 1995), Curaçaoan footballer
Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
Jafar Bazri, (born 1987), Iranian footballer
Jafar Bolhari (born 1948), Iranian psychiatrist
Jafar Ebrahimi, Iranian poet
Jafar al-Hakim (born 1965), Shiite Ayatollah in Najaf, Iraq
Jafar Iqbal, Bangladeshi footballer
Jafar Irismetov (born 1976), Uzbekistan footballer and coach
Jafar Jabbarli (1899–1934), Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter Jafar Dhia Jafar (born 1943), Iraqi nuclear physicist Jafar Khan Jamali (1911–1967), Indian politician, tribal chief and an All-India Muslim League veteran from Balochistan Jafar Kazemi, Iranian political prisoner sentenced to death and hanged for co-operation with the Iranian opposition group PMOI Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785–1789) Jafar Mokhtarifar, Iranian footballer Jafar Mondal (born 1999), Indian footballer Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker Jafar Salmasi (1918–2000), Iranian weightlifter Jafar Shafaghat (c.1915–2000), Iranian General officer in the Iranian Pahlavi Army Jafar Shahidi (1918–2008), scholar of Persian language and literature and historian of Islam Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998), Prime minister of Iran Jafar Shojouni, Iranian Shia cleric and politician who served a member of the Parliament of Iran Jafar Tabrizi (also known as Farīd al-Dīn and Qeblat al-Kottāb), 15th century master in calligraphy as well as a poet and scribe Jafar Umar Thalib (1961–2019), Indonesian ulama and Islamic political figure Jafar Towfighi (born 1956), Iranian engineer and politician Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
Ja'far
Ja'far Kashfi, Persian philosopher of 19th century
Ja'far Pishevari (1893-1947), Iranian politician
Ja'afar Touqan (born 1938), Palestinian-Jordanian architect
Tuanku Ja’afar, the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia from 26 April 1994 until 25 April 1999 and the tenth Yang Di-Pertuan Besar (Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan
Jaffar
Jaffar Idukki, Indian impressionist and actor in Malayalam film
Jaffer Zaidi, Pakistani musician and lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Kaavish
Jaffer
Jaffer Rahimtoola (1870-1914), Indian barrister
Cafer
Cafer Bater, Turkish politician
Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish politician
Džafer
Džafer Kulenović (1891–1956), Yugoslav politician who led the Yugoslav Muslim Organization in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was briefly government minister