- Meaning
- Stream, small river
- Arabic
- جعفر
- Say it
- JA'-far
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib, who led the Muslims who emigrated to Abyssinia
- Jafar al-Sadiq, scholar of Medina
Other spellings
Jaafar, Djafar, Cafer
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Questions about Jafar
What does Jafar mean?
Jafar means: Stream, small river.
Is Jafar in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Jafar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jafar is a boy’s name.
How do you write Jafar in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Jafar is written جعفر.