Jafar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, Persian. Borrowed from Arabic جَعْفَر (jaʕfar). A transliteration of an Arabic and Persian male given name.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jafar (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jafar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 129 |
| 2000 | 130 |
| 2001 | 133 |
| 2002 | 142 |
| 2003 | 147 |
| 2004 | 155 |
| 2005 | 168 |
| 2006 | 178 |
| 2007 | 191 |
| 2008 | 207 |
| 2009 | 210 |
| 2010 | 217 |
| 2011 | 228 |
| 2012 | 238 |
| 2013 | 241 |
| 2014 | 256 |
| 2015 | 263 |
| 2016 | 283 |
| 2017 | 328 |
| 2018 | 350 |
| 2019 | 373 |
| 2020 | 371 |
Jafar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jafar.Hi! My name is Jafar.
- Jafar bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Jafar lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jafar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jafar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jafars mamma är lärare.Jafar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jafars mamma is Jafar's mum.
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Questions about Jafar
How do you pronounce Jafar in Swedish?
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What does the name Jafar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, Persian. Borrowed from Arabic جَعْفَر (jaʕfar). A transliteration of an Arabic and Persian male given name.
How popular is Jafar in Sweden?
2 babies were named Jafar in 2022. In 2020, 371 people in Sweden had Jafar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.