Zafar (name)

Zafar is a Persian origin name meaning "victory" or "victor".

Notable people with the name include:

Given name:
 * Bahadur Shah II, last Mughal Emperor, also known by his nom de plume, Zafar
 * Zafar Ali Khan, Pakistani writer
 * Zafar Ali Naqvi, Indian politician
 * Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani statesman, President of the 17th UN General Assembly and President of the International Court of Justice.
 * Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
 * Zafar Bangash, Pakistani writer
 * Zafar Iqbal (disambiguation), various people
 * Zafar Saifullah, Indian politician
 * Zafar Ansari, retired English cricketer of Pakistani descent
 * Zafar Usmanov (born 1937), Soviet and Tajik mathematician
 * Zafar Khashimov (born 1968) Uzbekistani businessman.

Middle name:
 * Syed Zafar Islam, Indian politician, national spokesman for the Bharatiya Janata Party and current member of the Rajya Sabha
 * Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Bangladeshi writer and scientist

Surname:
 * Ali Zafar, Pakistani musician
 * Bahadur Shah Zafar, who used the pen name Zafar, last Mughal emperor of India
 * Shakila Zafar, Bangladeshi singer
 * Wasi Zafar, Pakistani politician
 * Faiza Zafar (born 1996), Pakistani squash player
 * Madina Zafar (born 1998), Pakistani squash player
 * Shirin Zafar (born 1946; commonly known as Shirin Guild), Iranian-born English fashion designer
 * Sufi Zafar, US-based physicist and electrical engineer