Given name & surname
Jafari
“from the small stream”
Jafari is a variant of Jafar. One Arabic interpretation is “from the small stream.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jafari is a variant of Jafar. One Arabic interpretation is “from the small stream.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jafari is a variant of 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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jafari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 228
- 228 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,204 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,204 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 as a first name in 2020; 1,470 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.
Jafari’s family of names
Jafari has a related form in Jafar. In English usage, Jafari as a surname was borrowed from the Persian form جعفری.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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