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Jafar

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian

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Meaning & History

Means "stream" in Arabic. Jafar ibn Abi Talib was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who died fighting against Byzantium in the 7th century. Another notable bearer was Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam.

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Variants (Arabic): Gafar, Jaffar, Jaffer
Other Languages & Cultures (Albanian): Xhafer
(Azerbaijani): Cəfər
(Bosnian): Džafer
(Turkish): Cafer
Surname Descendants (Persian): Jafari

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