Abu Bakr (name)
Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر, romanized: Abū Bakr)[lower-alpha 1] is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims.[1]
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | "Father of a Young Camel" |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
The most famous person to carry this name was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (c. 573–634), one of the companions of the prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam. He was also Muhammad's father-in-law through Aisha.
Notable persons
Early and medieval Islam
- Abu Bakr (died 634), the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
- Abu Bakr ibn Ali (died 680), son of the fourth caliph Ali (r. 656–661)
- Abu Bakr ibn Hasan (died 680), son of caliph Hasan
- Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwān, was an Umayyad prince, son of Abd al-Aziz and brother of Umar II.
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
- Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (died 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, was the Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Muhtadi.
- Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (c. 865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher
- Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid (c. 860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar
- Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan
- Abu Bakr al-Sajistani (died 941), Islamic scholar
- Abu Bakr al-Shibli (861–946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi
- Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (880–946), Arab shatranj player
- Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain
- Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or Ibn Wahshiyya (9th/10th centuries), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian
- Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi (died 10th-century), ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe
- Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (late 10th Century), Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf
- Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baqillani (930–1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak (941–1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab
- Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet
- Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Almoravid ruler
- Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain
- Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076–1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus
- Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman (1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus
- Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as Avempace, (c. 1085–1138), Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc.
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
- Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco
- al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or Al-Adil I (1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin
- Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200–1261), Almohad theologian.
- Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or Al-Adil II (1221?–1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
- Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of Shiraz
- Abu Bakr (mid 13th century), brother and companion of Sunjata, founder of the Mali Empire
- Abu Bakr (late 13th century), mansa of the Mali Empire
- Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (c. 1321–1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan
- Abu Bakr Shah (died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
- Aboobakuru I of the Maldives (died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443
- Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet
- Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (died 1526), sultan of Adal
- Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza
- Abu Bakr Ibn Braham(Commons) (died 1691), mapmaker
18th century to present
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (enslaved man from Timbuktu), ca. 1834
- Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), third caliph of the Sokoto Caliphate
- Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar
- Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Ottoman qadi of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880
- Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor
- Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi (1863–1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician
- Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore
- Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University
- Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang
- Abu Bakr Khairat (1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria
- Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric
- Datti Abubakar (1939–2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria
- Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister
- Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (Sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India
- Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician
- Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician
- Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian general and politician
- Abu Baker Asvat (1943–1989), murdered South African activist and medical doctor
- Aboubacar Somparé (born 1944), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly
- Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy
- Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician
- Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author
- Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
- Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952–2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi
- Abu Bakar (1952–2019), Indonesian regent of West Bandung
- Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
- Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born c. 1960)
- Aboubakr Jamaï (born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker
- Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group and self-proclaimed caliph.
- Atif Abu Bakr, Palestinian politician and member of militant organizations, member of both the Abu Nidal Organization and Fatah at different times[2][3]
- Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000
- Abu Bakar (Dubrovka attack) or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the 2002 Dubrovka attack
- Abu Bakr Baira, Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya
- Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources
- Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani, Nigerian diplomat
- Aboubacar Doumbia, also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer
- Roqia Abubakr, one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan
Sportspeople
- Abu Bakr Ratib (active 1928), Egyptian fencer
- Abubakar Al-Mass (born 1955), Yemeni footballer
- Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer
- Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), Guinean footballer
- Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee
- Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer
- Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer
- Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer
- Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer
- Aboubacar Bangoura (footballer) (born 1982), Guinean international footballer
- Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
- Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French footballer
- Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer
- Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
- Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer
- Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
- Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
- Mé Aboubacar Diomandé (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
- Aboubacar Camara (footballer, born 1988) (born 1988), Guinean footballer
- Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 1989), Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres
- Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
- Abou Bakr Al-Mel (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
- Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer
Other uses
- Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York
- Abu Bakar Royal Mosque, Pahang, Malaysia
- Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia
- Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
- BNS Abu Bakr (1982), Bangladeshi warship
- BNS Abu Bakr (2014), Bangladeshi warship
See also
- Boubacar, West African version of the same name
Notes
- The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. Thus, its variants include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar.
References
- Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- "Al Arabiya reveals intellectuals drawn by Abu Nidal | Al Arabiya English".
- https://northafricapost.com/16081-morocco-libya-gaddafi-plotted-assassinate-hassan-ii-cia-reveals.html
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