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Jabari - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jabari

[ syll. ja-ba-ri, jab-ari ] The boy name Jabari is pronounced JHahBAARiy KEY. Jabari's language of origin is African-Swahili and it is used mainly in the English language. Derived literally from the word jabari which means 'brave'.

Jabari is somewhat popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2006 with 0.018% of baby boys being given the name Jabari. It was #609 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #771 with a usage of 0.013%, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Jabari include Jefery (English), Jefferey (English), Jeffery (English), Jeoffroi (French), Geoffroi (French), Geoffroy (French), Geoffry (English), Jabbar (Arabic and Indian), Jabir (Arabic), Jafar (Arabic and Urdu), Jasper (Dutch, English, French, and German), Jeffree (English), Jeffrey (English), Jeffrie (English), Jeffry (English), Jefry (English), Jesper (Scandinavian), Geoffrey (English and German), Geofri (Romanian), and Gibor.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Jabari: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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Meaning of Jabari