Given name & surname
Jaafar
“from the small stream”
In English use, Jaafar has a related form in Jafar. One Arabic interpretation is “from the small stream.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jaafar has a related form in Jafar. One Arabic interpretation is “from the small stream.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Jaafar has a related form in Jafar. An origin associated with Jafar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaafar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 61 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 415 as a first name in 2020; 762 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaafar’s family of names
In English usage, Jaafar has a related form in Jafar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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