Abu Bakr (name)

Abu Bakr (other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abubakar or Abu Bekr) was one of the companions or sahaba of Muhammad and the first Caliph of Islam. His real name was Abdullah or Abul-Kaaba and Abu Bakr was his kunya. Abu Bakr translates as "father of the virgin" in reference to Aisha's virginity. In his childhood, he was very fond of the camels and for this he earned the nickname Abu Bakr meaning "Father of the foul of the camel".

In the Muslim world, this name is very popular since it was the name of one of the sahabas of Muhammad.

People with the name include:

• Abu Bakr ibn Ali, was among the List of casualties at the Battle of Karbala
• Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali, was among the List of casualties at the Battle of Karbala
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (d. 737), scholar
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (d. 1526), sultan of Adal
• Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar ("al Hassar"), 12th century mathematician
• Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (d. 1087), Almoravid ruler
• Al-Tartushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist from Tortosa, Spain
• Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of Shiraz
• Ibn al-Qayyim (1292–1350), Sunni Islamic jurist, commentator on the Qur'an, astronomer, chemist, philosopher, psychologist, scientist and theologian
• Abdulsalami Abubakar, former president of Nigeria
• Al-Razi (865-925), Persian philosopher and physician
• Abu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya as-Suli (880-946), Arab shatranj player
• Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (d. 1097), Moroccan Almoravid ruler
• Ibn Tufail (1100–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
• Al-Adil I (1145–1218), brother of Saladin
• Al-Adil II (1216?-1248), was an Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
• Abu Bakr Shah, a ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
• Abu Bakr (mansa), 13th century Prince of the Mali Empire
• Abubakari II, 14th century Prince of the Mali Empire
• Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974)
• Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895)
  • Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, named after Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor
• Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric
• Admiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy
• Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Yemeni Prime Minister, 1990–1994
• Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire
• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of an independent Nigeria
• Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria
• Abdulsalami Abubakar, President of Nigeria, 1998–1999
• Sa’adu Abubakar (born 1956), 20th Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
• Yasin Abu Bakr, 21st century black Muslim leader and terrorist suspect
• Pseudonym of Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika
• Abubakar Bello-Osagie, Nigerian football (soccer) player
• Abu Bakr Effendi, a notable qadi in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to his death in 1880
• Radanfah Abu Bakr, Trinidadian football (soccer) player
• Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
• Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 1989), a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres
• Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian football (soccer) midfielder
• Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian football player
• Abu Bakker Qassim, Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
• Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (born ca. 1321-d.1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
• Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
• Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
• Roqia Abubakr, the first of four other women elected to parliament in Afghanistan
• Abu Baker Sharif (born 1980), Sudanese football goalkeeper
• Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan football defender
• Aboobakuru I of the Maldives, a sultan of Maldives during 1443
• Aboubacar Somparé (born 1944), Guinean politician who was President of the National Assembly of Guinea from 2002–2008
• Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), former Guinean football player
• Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer
• Aboubacar Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean international footballer who plays club football for Châteauneuf-la-Forêt in France as a goalkeeper
• Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian professional football player
• Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian former professional footballer
• Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French football (soccer) striker
• Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean professional football player
• Me Aboubacar Diomande (born 1988), Ivorian football midfielder
• Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani, Nigerien diplomat, served as Niger's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2005
• Aboubacar Camara (born 1988) (born 1988), Guinean professional footballer
• Aboubacar Doumbia, Ivorian singer
• Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), fourth sultan of modern Pahang in Malaysia
• Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, Sultan of Pate, Kenya, 1779 to 1809
• Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician
• Datti Abubakar, Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979

Other

• Abu Bakar Royal Mosque
• Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
• Saidina Abu Bakar As Siddiq Mosque
• Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque