Safar (from Arabic ''saffār'' 'coppersmith', from Czech

Šafář Šafář () is a surname, found in Czech Republic. The female counterpart surname is Šafářová (). The word originally meant "bailiff". People with this surname include: * Alena Šafářová (born 1968), Czech table tennis player * Lucie Šafá ...

() or from Hungarian

Sáfár Sáfár (lit. "steward", ) is surname found in Hungary. Notable people with the name include: * Nicholas Sáfár, Hungarian nobleman * Sáfár family *Stephen Sáfár, Hungarian diplomat *Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer See also *Safar (surn ...

()) is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Athanasius Safar, Syriac Catholic bishop of Mardin * Hanne Safar (died 1915), Syriac Orthodox leader in

Midyat Midyat ( ku, Midyad, Syriac: ܡܕܝܕ ''Mëḏyaḏ'', Turoyo: ''Miḏyoyo'', ar, مديات) is a town in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the center of a centuries-old Hurrian town in Upper Mesopotamia. In its long history, the ...

Hussain Safar Hussain Safar (born 6 May 1966) is a Kuwaiti judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...

, Kuwaiti judoka *

Iuliu Safar Iuliu Safar (born 22 April 1985), is a Romanian futsal player who plays as an Ala.UEFA F ...

, Romanian futsal player *

Khvajeh Safar Khvajeh Safar was an Armenian merchant and Safavid official, who served as the first mayor (''kalāntar'') of New Julfa (the Armenian quarter of Isfahan), from 1605 until his death in 1618. He was of Armenian origin. A member of the influential Sh ...

, Safavid official * Peter Safar (1924–2003), Austrian physician and inventor *

Selem Safar Selem Safar (born 6 May 1987) is an Argentine professional basketball player of Syrian origin. He has also been a member the senior Argentine national basketball team, and their junior teams in the past. Professional career Safar has played in t ...

, Syrian-Argentine basketball player * Yousef Ahmed Safar, Emirati footballer