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, ultimately from
Arabic
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, that is most commonly given to
African-American
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boys. It is also an Arabic
surname
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.
Jabari is a borrowing from
Swahili ''jabari'' meaning "brave (one)", which is from the
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 ...
word جَبَّار (jabbār), meaning "ruler".
People
Given name
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Jabari Arthur (born 1982), Canadian football player
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Jabari Asim (born 1962), American author
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Jabari Bird (born 1994), American basketball player
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Jabari Blash (born 1989), American baseball player
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Jabari Brisport (born 1987), American activist
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Jabari Brown (born 1992), American basketball player
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Jabari Banks (born 1998), American actor
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Jabari Greer (born 1982), American football player
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Jabari Holloway (born 1982), American football player
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Jabari Hylton (born 1998), American soccer player
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Jabari Issa (born 1978), American football player
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Jabari Levey (born 1984), American football player
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Jabari Parker (born 1995), American basketball player
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Jabari Price (born 1992), American football player
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Jabari Simama, American educator
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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
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Jabari Smith (born 1977), American basketball player
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Jabari Smith Jr. (born 2003), American basketball player
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Jabari Walker (born 2002), American basketball player
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Jabari Wamble (born 1979), American lawyer
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Jabari Zuniga (born 1997), American football player
Surname
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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
See also
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Abdul Jabbar
ʿAbd al-Jabbār (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Jabbār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric ...
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Jabbar (disambiguation)
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Jabbari
References
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Masculine given names
African-American given names
Arabic-language masculine given names
Swahili culture