name
Arabic
Abubakar
ah-boo-BAH-kar
ɑːbuːˈbɑːkɑːrListen
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Syllable breakdown
Abubakar
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Hausa (Nigeria/Niger)
- Meaning
- one of the most commonly given masculine names across all Hausa-speaking communities of northern Nigeria, Niger, and the broader Sahel, Abubakar is the Hausa rendering of the Arabic Abu Bakr — meaning father of the camel's foal or, more idiomatically, noble father — the name of the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion and the first Caliph of Islam; Abu Bakr al-Siddiq — the Truthful — is one of the most revered figures in Sunni Islamic history, and naming a son after him is an act of religious devotion, aspiration to the qualities of truthfulness and faithfulness that Abu Bakr embodied, and membership in the vast community of Muslims who have honoured this name across fourteen centuries; in Hausa society the name is ubiquitous and is typically shortened in daily address to Baba, Abutu, or Bukar
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Abu Bakr, Abubakar, Abubacar
Common mispronunciations
English speakers often say AH-boo-BAK-er — the stress in Hausa falls more centrally and the final syllable is not schwa'd
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