Given name & surname
Jabir
“one who provides comfort”
Jabir is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides comfort.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jabir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 391 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,966 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,966 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020; 265 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.
Jabir’s family of names
Jabir has a related form in Jaber. Jabir has a related form in Jabier. Jabir has a related form in Jabear.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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