Abu Bakr (name)

Abu Bakr is a male Arabic name that means "Father of Bakr", usually used after Abu Bakr, the first Sunni Muslim Caliph. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abubakar or Abu Bekr.Bakr is a given name in Arabic and it means the firstborn child or a vergin. Abu Bakr is a kunya. However, lately some people started using Abu Bakr as a given name, especially among non-Arabs.People with the name include:Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm - scholarAbu Bakr ibn MuhammadAbu-Bakr Ibn-UmarAl-TartushiAbu Bakr ibn ‘Abd Al-Rahman ibn HarithMuhammad ibn Abu BakrIbn al-QayyimAbdusalam Abubakar, former president of Nigeria.Al-Razi (865-925), Persian philosopher and physicianAbu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya as-Suli (880-946), Arab shatranj playerAbu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (d. 1097), Moroccan Almoravid rulerIbn Tufail (1100–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopherAl-Adil I (1145-1218), brother of SaladinAbu Bakr (mansa), 13th century Prince of the Mali EmpireAbubakari II, 14th century Prince of the Mali EmpireSultan Abu Bakar of Johor (1833-1895)Sultan Abu Bakar (1904-1974), Sultan of PenangAbu Bakar Bashir (b. 1938), Indonesian Muslim clericAdmiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal (b. 1946), admiral in the Malaysian NavyHaidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Yemeni Prime Minister, 1990-1994Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of NigeriaAbdulsalami Abubakar, President of Nigeria, 1998-1999Yasin Abu Bakr, 21st century black Muslim leader and terrorist suspectAbubakar Tariq Nadama, autistic boy killed through medical malpracticePseudonym of Australian terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika
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