Abu Bakr (name)
Abū Bakr is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" that is widely used by Sunni Muslims.
Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately.
The most famous person to carry this name was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam. He was also Muhammad's father-in-law through Aisha. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his kunya.
Early and medieval Islam
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
- Abu Bakr ibn Ali
- Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali
- Abu Bakr ibn [Muhammad ibn Hazm], Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
- Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Malik, an Umayyad prince
- Abu Bakr al-Isfahani, Persian scholar in Warsh recitation
- Abu Bakr al-Khallal, Muslim jurist
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi, Persian physician, alchemist, and philosopher
- Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid, Iraqi Islamic scholar
- Abu Bakr Muhammad, Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan
- Abu Bakr al-Shibli, Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi
- Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Arab shatranj player
- Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia, historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain
- Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or Ibn Wahshiyya, Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian
- Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi, ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe
- Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi, Bukhara Sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf
- Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baqillani, Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab
- Abu Bakr Abd al-Karīm ibn al-Faḍl al-Muti better known by his regnal name At-Ta'i, was the caliph of Baghdad from 974 to 991.
- Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi, Persian poet
- Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Almoravid ruler
- Abu Bakr al-Turtushi, Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain
- Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus
- Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman poet in al-Andalus
- Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as Avempace,, Andalusian polymath: whose writings cover astronomy, physics, psychology, music, etc.
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi;, Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
- Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar, Muslim mathematician from Morocco
- al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or Al-Adil I, Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin
- Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, Almohad theologian.
- Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or Al-Adil II, Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
- Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy, ruler of Shiraz
- Abu Bakr, brother and companion of Sunjata, founder of the Mali Empire
- Abu Bakr, mansa of the Mali Empire
- Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Abu Bakr ibn Faris, Marinid Sultan
- Abu Bakr Shah, ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
- Aboobakuru I of the Maldives, sultan of Maldives during 1443
- Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, Hadhrami religious scholar of Sufism and poet
- Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat, ruler in eastern Central Asia, an emir of the Dughlat tribe
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, sultan of Adal Sultanate
- Abu Bakr Qatin, governor of Adal Sultanate
- Abu Bakr Mirza, self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the downfall of Kavus Mirza
18th century to present
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq , Islamic scholar
- Abu Bakr Atiku, sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire
- Abu Bakr II ibn ʽAbd al-Munan, emir of Harar
- Abu Bakr Effendi, Ottoman qadi of Kurdish descent in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880
- Abu Bakar of Johor, Sultan of Johor
- Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi, Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician
- Abu Bakar bin Taha, Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore
- Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem, Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University
- Abu Bakar Jambol, Bruneian civil servant and community leader
- Abu Bakar of Pahang, Sultan of Pahang
- Pengiran Abu Bakar Umar, Bruneian legislative speaker
- Pengiran Abu Bakar Salleh, Bruneian legislative speaker
- Abu Bakr Khairat, Egyptian composer of classical music
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first prime minister of independent Nigeria
- Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana, second President of Upper Volta
- Roqia Abubakr, one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan
- Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane, Chadian warlord
- Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian politician
- Abdullahi Abubakar, Nigerian Islamic cleric and humanitarian
- Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
- Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara, diplomat from Côte d'Ivoire
- Datti Abubakar, Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria
- Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister
- Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni Muslims in Kerala, India
- Abubakar Rimi, Nigerian politician
- Abu Bakr Baira, Libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya
- Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemeni politician
- Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigerian general and politician
- Abu Baker Asvat, murdered South African activist and medical doctor
- Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly
- Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal, admiral in the Malaysian Navy
- Atiku Abubakar, Nigerian politician
- Boubaker Ayadi, Tunisian author
- Mustafa Abubakar, Indonesian politician
- Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi
- Abu Bakar, Indonesian regent of West Bandung
- Sa'adu Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
- Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika
- Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani, Nigerian diplomat
- Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Nigerian politician
- Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nigerian politician
- Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi, Indonesian politician
- Aboubakr Jamaï, Moroccan journalist and banker
- Abu Bakker Qassim, Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant group and self-proclaimed caliph.
- Aboubacar Doumbia, also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer
- Aboubakar Soumahoro, Italian-Ivorian trade unionist, labor activist and politician
- Abu Bakr Mansha, convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000
- Abu Bakar or Abubakar, pseudonym of Khanpasha Terkibayev, perpetrator of the 2002 Dubrovka attack
- Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, Libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources
- Abubakar Salim, British actor and video game voice actor
- Abubakar Tabuni, Indonesian Papuan separatist militant.
- Aboubakar Moukadas Nouré, Central African academician, sociologist, writer, and politician.
Sportspeople
- Abu Bakr Ratib, Egyptian fencer
- Abubakar Al-Mass, Yemeni footballer
- Aboubakar Camara, former rugby union footballer and current coach from Côte d'Ivoire
- Aboubacar Cissé, Ivorian footballer
- Aboubacar Titi Camara,, Guinean footballer
- Aboubacar Mario Bangoura, Guinean football referee
- Abubaker Tabula, Ugandan footballer
- Aboubacar Guindo, Malian footballer
- Abubakari Yakubu, Ghanaian footballer
- Abubakr Al Abaidy, Libyan footballer
- Aboubacar Bangoura, Guinean international footballer
- Aboubakar Koné, footballer from Côte d'Ivoire
- Abubakari Yahuza, Ghanaian footballer
- Aboubacar Tandia, French footballer
- Aboubacar Sylla, Guinean footballer
- Abubaker Ali Kamal, Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
- Aboubacar M'Baye Camara, Guinean footballer
- Radanfah Abu Bakr, Trinidadian footballer
- Abubakar Bello-Osagie, Nigerian footballer
- Mé Aboubacar Diomandé, Ivorian footballer
- Aboubacar Camara, Guinean footballer
- Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Sudanese Olympic middle-distance runner
- Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar, Malaysian footballer
- Abou Bakr Al-Mel, Lebanese footballer
- Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian international footballer
- Lalas Abubakar, Ghanaian footballer
- Aboubacar Doumbia, Malian footballer
- Aboubacar Doumbia, Ivorian footballer
- Aboubacar Keita, American footballer
Other uses
- Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique, mosque in Flushing, Queens, New York
- Abu Bakar Royal Mosque, Pahang, Malaysia
- Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor, Malaysia
- Sultan Abu Bakar Complex, customs, immigration and quarantine complex, Malaysia
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
- BNS Abu Bakr , Bangladeshi warship
- BNS Abu Bakr , Bangladeshi warship