Jabir

Jabir (Arabic: جابر pronounced [ˈd͡ʒaːbɪr]) is an Arabic surname or male given name, which means "comforter".^[1] Alternative spellings include Djābir, Jaber, Jābir, Gabir, and Geber. The name may refer to:

Given name

• Jaber I Al-Sabah (1770–1859), Kuwaiti political leader
• Jabir Al-Azmi (born 1970), Kuwaiti politician
• Jabir al-Kaabi (1789–1881), Arabian political leader
• Jabir al-Sabah (1926–2006), Emir of Kuwait
• Jabir Herbert Muhammad (1929–2008), American businessman
• Jabir Husain (born 1945), Indian politician
• Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607–697), Arab companion of Muhammad
• Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150), Spanish-Arab astronomer
• Jābir ibn Hayyan (died c. 806–816), early Islamic alchemist
• Jābir ibn Zayd (died 711), Arab theologian
• Jabir Novruz (1933–2002), Azerbaijani writer
• Jabir Raza (born 1955), Indian historian
• Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born 1977), Algerian athlete
• Jabir Shakir (born 1987), Iraqi football player
• Sultan Djabir (c. 1855–1918), ruler of a region on the Uele River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Surname

• Balla Jabir (born 1985), Sudanese football player
• Fathi Jabir (born 1980), Yemeni football player
• Malik Jabir (born 1944), Ghanaian football player

See also

• Arabic name
• Geber (disambiguation)
• Jaber

References

1. Behind The Name. "Jabir". Retrieved on 8 January 2016.