Vagif (or Vaqif in the
Azerbaijani transcription) is a common given name in
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. Of Persian origin, it means "clever" or "watchful".
Notable Vagifs include:
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Molla Panah Vagif
Molla Panah ( az, Molla Pənah), better known by his pen-name Vagif (), was an 18th-century Azerbaijani poet, statesman and diplomat. He is regarded as the founder of the realism genre in Azerbaijani poetry. He served as the vizier—the minist ...
(1717-1797), poet and statesman, founder of the "realist" school in Azerbaijani poetry
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Vagif Mustafazadeh
Vagif Mustafazadeh ( az, Vaqif Mustafazadə; March 16, 1940 – December 16, 1979), also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet- Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music known ...
(1940-1979), iconic jazz pianist, creator of fusion style with Azerbaijani mugham
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Vagif Bayatly Oner (b. 1948), poet and translator
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Vagif Javadov
Vagif Javadov ( az, Vaqif Cavadov; born 25 May 1989) is an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani Association football, football coach and a former player who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He was voted Azerbaijani Footballer of t ...
(b. 1989), Azerbaijani footballer
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Vagif Jafarov (1949–1991), Azerbaijani politician
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