Jafar
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning stream; a rivulet.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Jafar by the numbers
Jafar was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jafar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Jafar
Names that are said the same way as Jafar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean water
Like Jafar, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jafar
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