# Jabari

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For the fictional Marvel Comics tribe, see [Wakanda](/source/Wakanda).

**Jabari** is a masculine [given name](/source/Given_name), derived from [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language), ultimately from [Arabic](/source/Arabic), that is most commonly given to [African-American](/source/African_Americans) boys. It is also an Arabic [surname](/source/Surname).

Jabari is a borrowing from [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language) *jabari* meaning "brave (one)",[1] which is from the [Arabic](/source/Arabic) word جَبَّار (jabbār), meaning "ruler".[2]

## People

### Given name

- [Jabari Arthur](/source/Jabari_Arthur) (born 1982), Canadian football player
- [Jabari Asim](/source/Jabari_Asim) (born 1962), American author
- [Jabari Bird](/source/Jabari_Bird) (born 1994), American basketball player
- [Jabari Blash](/source/Jabari_Blash) (born 1989), American baseball player
- [Jabari Brisport](/source/Jabari_Brisport) (born 1987), American activist
- [Jabari Brown](/source/Jabari_Brown) (born 1992), American basketball player
- [Jabari Banks](/source/Jabari_Banks) (born 1998), American actor
- [Jabari Greer](/source/Jabari_Greer) (born 1982), American football player
- [Jabari Holloway](/source/Jabari_Holloway) (born 1982), American football player
- [Jabari Hylton](/source/Jabari_Hylton) (born 1998), American soccer player
- [Jabari Issa](/source/Jabari_Issa) (born 1978), American football player
- [Jabari Levey](/source/Jabari_Levey) (born 1984), American football player
- [Jabari Parker](/source/Jabari_Parker) (born 1995), American basketball player
- [Jabari Price](/source/Jabari_Price) (born 1992), American football player
- [Jabari Simama](/source/Jabari_Simama), American educator
- [Jabari Small](/source/Jabari_Small) (born 2002), American football player
- [Jabari Smith](/source/Jabari_Smith) (born 1977), American basketball player
- [Jabari Smith Jr.](/source/Jabari_Smith_Jr.) (born 2003), American basketball player
- [Jabari Walker](/source/Jabari_Walker) (born 2002), American basketball player
- [Jabari Wamble](/source/Jabari_Wamble) (born 1979), American lawyer
- [Jabari Zuniga](/source/Jabari_Zuniga) (born 1997), American football player

### Surname

- [Ahmed Jabari](/source/Ahmed_Jabari) (1960–2012), Palestinian militant

## See also

- [Abdul Jabbar](/source/Abdul_Jabbar)
- [Jabbar (disambiguation)](/source/Jabbar_(disambiguation))
- [Jabbari](/source/Jabbari)

## References

1. ["Jabari - Baby Boy Name Meaning and Origin - Oh Baby! Names"](https://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/jabari/2062#.WUvsdWjyspQ). *www.ohbabynames.com*. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

1. ["Jabari - Meaning of Jabari, What does Jabari mean?"](https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Jabari). *www.babynamespedia.com*. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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