Jabari is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, derived from

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes. * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. * Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...

, ultimately from

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

, that is most commonly given to

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

boys. It is also an Arabic

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. Jabari is a borrowing from

''jabari'' meaning "brave (one)", which is from the

word جَبَّار (jabbār), meaning "ruler".

People

Given name

Jabari Arthur Jabari Arthur (born August 28, 1982) is a Canadian football coach who serves as the offensive coordinator for the Calgary Dinos football, Calgary Dinos of U Sports football. He is a former professional wide receiver who played for eight years in ...

(born 1982), Canadian football player *

Jabari Asim Jabari Asim (born August 11, 1962) is an American author, poet, playwright, and professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the former editor-in-chief of ''The Crisis'' magazine, a journal of ...

(born 1962), American author * Jabari Bird (born 1994), American basketball player * Jabari Blash (born 1989), American baseball player *

Jabari Brisport Jabari Brisport (born August 9, 1987) is an American politician, activist, and former public school teacher. He is the state senator for New York's 25th State Senate district in Brooklyn, and the first openly gay person of color to be elected to ...

(born 1987), American activist *

Jabari Brown Jabari Akil Brown (born December 18, 1992) is a former American professional basketball player, who last played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers where as a junior he led th ...

(born 1992), American basketball player * Jabari Banks (born 1998), American actor * Jabari Greer (born 1982), American football player * Jabari Holloway (born 1982), American football player * Jabari Hylton (born 1998), American soccer player * Jabari Issa (born 1978), American football player * Jabari Levey (born 1984), American football player *

Jabari Parker Jabari Ali Parker (born March 15, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the second overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, after ...

(born 1995), American basketball player * Jabari Price (born 1992), American football player * Jabari Simama, American educator *

Jabari Small Jabari Mikal Small (born January 31, 2002) is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and was signed by the Titans as an undrafted free agent. Early life and high school Small atte ...

(born 2002), American football player *

Jabari Smith Jabari Montsho Smith Sr. (born February 12, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Professional career After a college career at Louisiana State Universi ...

(born 1977), American basketball player * Jabari Smith Jr. (born 2003), American basketball player * Jabari Walker (born 2002), American basketball player * Jabari Wamble (born 1979), American lawyer * Jabari Zuniga (born 1997), American football player

Surname

Ahmed Jabari Ahmed al-JabariAlso spelled Jaabari, Ja'bari or Ja'abari. (; 1960), also known as Abu Mohammad, was a Palestinian militant who served as second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He was widely credited ...

(1960–2012), Palestinian militant

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