Jabir

Jabir (Arabic: جابر ) is an Arabic surname or male given name, which means "comforter". Alternative spellings include Djābir, Jaber, Jābir, Gabir, and Geber. The name may refer to:

Given name

 * Jaber I Al-Sabah (1770–1859), Kuwaiti political leader
 * Jabir Al-Azmi (born 1970), Kuwaiti politician
 * Jabir al-Kaabi (1789–1881), Arabian political leader
 * Jabir al-Sabah (1926–2006), Emir of Kuwait
 * Jabir Herbert Muhammad (1929–2008), American businessman
 * Jabir Husain (born 1945), Indian politician
 * Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607–697), Arab companion of Muhammad
 * Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150), Spanish-Arab astronomer
 * Jābir ibn Hayyan (died c. 806–816), early Islamic alchemist
 * Jābir ibn Zayd (died 711), Arab theologian
 * Jabir Novruz (1933–2002), Azerbaijani writer
 * Jabir Raza (born 1955), Indian historian
 * Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born 1977), Algerian athlete
 * Jabir Shakir (born 1987), Iraqi football player
 * Sultan Djabir (c. 1855–1918), ruler of a region on the Uele River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Surname

 * Balla Jabir (born 1985), Sudanese football player
 * Fathi Jabir (born 1980), Yemeni football player
 * Malik Jabir (born 1944), Ghanaian football player