Given name & surname · also Hausa

Bakare

Bakare is a masculine given name from Hausa, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Yoruba.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bakare comes from Hausa, and ultimately from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hausa Àbūbakàr̃, from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bakare’s family of names

In Greek usage, Bakare as a surname is a transliteration of Μπακαρέ.

Walk Bakare’s family in the name graph

BakareΜπακαρέAbubakar

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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