Given name · also Turkish
Xhafer
Xhafer is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Xhafer comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish جعفر (Ca'fer), from Arabic جَعْفَر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Xhafer’s family of names
Xhafer has a diminutive in Xhafo. Xhafer has a related form in XHAFERR. Xhafer has a related form in XHAFERR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xhafer
- Xhafer Ypiprime minister of Albania (1880–1940)
- Xhafer DevaAlbanian politician (1904-1978)
- Xhafer SpahiuAlbanian politician (1923-1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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