# Jafar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,277

## Definitions
1. A transliteration of an Arabic and Persian male given name.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَعْفَر (jaʕfar).

## Easily confused with
- **jar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jar)
- **Java** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-java)
- **Jana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jana)
- **JAMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jama)
- **Jaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jaya)
- **Japan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-japan)
- **Jamal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jamal)
- **Jaffa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jaffa)
- **Jaffe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jaffe)
- **jaguar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jafar-vs-jaguar)
- **Jada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jada-vs-jafar)
- **Jabbar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jabbar-vs-jafar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ajfar`, `jaafr`, `jafarr`, `jaffar`, `jafra`, `jfaar`, `jjafar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jafar