Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) 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. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. The most famous person to carry this name was

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honorif ...

( 573–634), one of the companions of the prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

. He was also Muhammad's father-in-law through

Aisha Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...

. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his kunya.

Persons with the name

People with the name include:

Early and medieval Islam

(c. 573–634) *

Abu Bakr ibn Ali Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي) was reportedly the son of Ali and Layla bint Mas'ud. He was among companions of Husayn who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala. Lineage It is stated that Abu Bakr was the first of Ali i ...

(died 680 in the Battle of Karbala) *

Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali Abū Bakr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ( ar, أبو بكر بن الحسن بن علي) was the son of Hasan ibn Ali. He went to Karbala with his uncle Husayn ibn Ali, and was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the day of Ashura. Lineage Abu Bakr ...

(died 680 in the Battle of Karbala) * Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwān, was an Umayyad prince, son of

Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عبد العزيز, DMG: ''ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz''), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words '' ʽAbd'', the Arabic definite article an ...

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 ʾAḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Yazīd al Baghdādī () better known as Abū Bakr al Khalāl, was a Medieval Muslim jurist."Khallal, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Harun al-" aThe Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Ed. ...

(died 923), Muslim jurist * Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (c. 865–925), Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher *

Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn al-Abbas ibn Mujahid al-Atashi (, 859/860 – 936) was an Islamic scholar most notable for establishing and delineating the seven canonical Quranic readings (''qira'at'') in his work ''Kitāb al-sabʿa fī l-qirāʾā ...

(c. 860–936), Iraqi Islamic scholar * Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan *

Abu Bakr al-Sajistani Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

(died 941), Islamic scholar *

Abu Bakr al-Shibli Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli (; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence ( fiqh). Biography Abu Bakr Shibli was born in Samarra, although his family was ...

(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 Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997) was a historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain. His mother was a Goth of royal lineage. His important historical account of Spain up to the Caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥamm ...

(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 Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Alami ( ar, أبو بكر بن علي العلمي; died in the 10th-century AD) is the great grandfather from whom all the Alami Sayyids of Morocco descend and the leader of the Beni Arrous tribe. He is the son of Ali ...

(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 * Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his regnal name At-Ta'i, was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991. * Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet *

Abu Bakr ibn Umar Abu Bakr ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Turgut, sometimes suffixed al-Sanhaji or al-Lamtuni (died 1087; ar, أبو بكر بن عمر) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna Berber Tribe and Amir of the Almoravids from 1056 until his death. He is credited ...

(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 Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Sayyid al-Nas al-Ya'mari, better known as Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, was a Medieval Muslim theologian. He was the grandfather of Fatḥ al-Din 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 The Mali Empire ( Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl ...

* 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 Sultan Aboobakar I Sri Bavana Sooja Mahaa Radun was the sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived fr ...

(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) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (also Edward Doulan) was a man from Timbuktu who was enslaved in his early twenties in the city of Bouna, in today's Ivory Coast. He wrote his autobiography, a slave narrative, in Arabic; two copies (one in Jamaice, one near Lo ...

, ca. 1834 * Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire *

Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan Abu Bakr II ibn Abd al-Munan was the emir of Harar (1829-1852). He was the son of Abd al-Mannan Garad of Zeila, the nephew of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad, and the husband of Gisti ( Harari: "princess") Fatima, Abd ar-Rahman's oldest daughter. He su ...

(died 1852), emir of Harar *

Abu Bakr Effendi Sheikh Abu Bakr Effendi ( – 29 June 1880), also spelt Ebu Bekir Efendi, was an Ottoman ''qadi'' sent in 1862 by Sultan Abdulaziz at the request of Queen Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope, in order to teach and assist the Muslim communit ...

(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 Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (Urdu: ابو بكر احمد حليم; commonly known as A. B. A. Haleem) (1897 – 20 April 1975) was a Pakistani Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir political science, political scientist and the first Vice Chancellor, vic ...

(1897–1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University * Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang *

Abu Bakr Khairat Abu Bakr Khairat (10 April 1910 – 1963) ( ar, أبو بكر خيرت); also spelled Abu Bakr Khayrat) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composers. An architect by profession, Khairat stu ...

(1910–1963), Egyptian composer of classical music * Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria * Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (1916-2005), second President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) *

Roqia Abubakr Roqia Abubakr (7 June 1917 – ?)World Whos Who of Women 1992–93'' p404 was an Afghan politician, and jointly the first woman elected to parliament in the country. Biography Born in 1917, Abubakr married her first husband M. Yousof in August ...

(1917-after 1973), one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan * Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane (died 1979), Chadian warlord * Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric *

Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 25 December 1938) is a diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire. He served as the first Executive Secretary in the Economic Community of West African States The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known a ...

(born 1938), diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire *

Datti Abubakar Colonel Datti Sadiq Abubakar was Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was a graduate of Rumfa College, Kano. In July 1966 Lieutenant Datti Abu ...

(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 Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi (1940 – 4 April 2010) was a Nigerian politician who was the Governor of Kano State during the Nigerian Second Republic. He also served as Federal Minister of Communications from 1993 to 1995 during the military r ...

(1940–2010), Nigerian politician * Abu Bakr Baira (born 1941), Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya *

Yasin Abu Bakr Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip; 19 October 1941 – 21 October 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago religious leader who led the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. The group staged an attempted ''coup d’état'' in 1990. ...

(1941-2021), leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. *

Abu Bakr al-Qirbi Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi ( ar, أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014. On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian gro ...

(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 Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal was the tenth Chief and the first four-star Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). Abu Bakar served for nearly 40 years in the RMN and held various positions and ranks. He was commanding officer of several RMN ship ...

(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 Abū Bakr ( ar, أبو بكر ) 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. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, ...

(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) * Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani (born 1962), Nigerian diplomat *

Aboubakr Jamaï Aboubakr Jamaï ( ar, أبوبكر الجامعي; born 1968 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan journalist and banker, and was the publisher of the newspapers ''Le Journal Hebdomadaire'' and '' Assahifa al-Ousbouiya''. In 2003, he was awarded the ...

(born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker *

Abu Bakker Qassim Abu Bakker Qassim is a Uyghur from China's western frontier, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 283. After being classified a ...

(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. * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1974), also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer *

Aboubakar Soumahoro Aboubakar Soumahoro (born 6 June 1980) is an Italian- Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician, elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2022 Italian election. He has advocated for labor rights of migrant farmers in Italy. Biogra ...

(born 1980), Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician * 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 al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources

Sportspeople

* Abu Bakr Ratib (active 1928), Egyptian fencer * Abubakar Al-Mass (born 1955), Yemeni footballer * Aboubakar Camara (born 1965), former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire * Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), Guinean footballer *

Aboubacar Mario Bangoura Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977) is a Guinean football referee.Aboubacar ...

(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 (born 1982), Guinean international footballer * Aboubakar Koné (born 1982), footballer from Côte d'Ivoire *

Abubakari Yahuza Ababkuri Yahuza (born 8 August 1983 in Sekondi-Takoradi) is a Ghanaian former football player. Career After spells playing in Israel, Yahuza returned to Ghana where he played for New Edubiase United until he suffered a career-ending injury in ...

(born 1983), Ghanaian footballer *

Aboubacar Tandia Aboubacar Tandia (born 3 October 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Tandia played for Red Star 93, US Roye, Pau FC, and AS Beauvais Oise. After trialling with US Sénart-Moissy US Sénart-Moissy ...

(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 Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 27 December 1985) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Andenne. Career He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Guinean club Satellite FC. In 2017, ...

(born 1985), Guinean footballer * Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer *

Abubakar Bello-Osagie Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988), commonly known as Abubakar or Abu, is a Nigerian football striker, who plays for Marsaskala in Malta. Career Born in Benin City, Edo State, in 2005, he left Bendel Insurance of his home city of Ben ...

(born 1988), Nigerian footballer *

Mé Aboubacar Diomandé Aboubacar Mé Diomandé (7 May 1988 – 9 August 2019) was an Ivorian footballer who played as midfielder. Club career Mé Diomandé began his career with Académie de Sol Beni and was promoted to the first team in January 2005. In January 2007 ...

(born 1988), Ivorian footballer * Aboubacar Camara (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 Abou Bakr Ali Al-Mel ( ar, أبو بكر المل; born 15 November 1992), also known as Bako ( ar, باكو, links=no), is a Lebanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club ...

(born 1992), Lebanese footballer * Vincent Aboubakar (born 1992), Cameroonian international football player * Lalas Abubakar (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer * Aboubacar Doumbia (born 1995), Malian footballer * Aboubacar Keita (born 2000), American 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 The Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque (MSABA) ( ms, Masjid Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq) is a prominent mosque in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mosque was named after Muhammad's successor (Caliph) Abu Bakr. History In 1976, the people ...

, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *

Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque ( ms, Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar) is the state mosque of Johor, Malaysia. Located along Jalan Skudai, Johor Bahru, the mosque was constructed between 1892 and 1900, under the direction of Sultan Abu Bakar. C ...

, Johor, Malaysia *

Sultan Abu Bakar Complex The Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB; ms, Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar; Jawi: کومڤليک‌س سلطان ابو بکر ) is a customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex in Tanjung Kupang, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia. Located at the ...

, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia * Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria * BNS Abu Bakr (1982), Bangladeshi warship * BNS Abu Bakr (2014), Bangladeshi warship

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