Abu Bakr (name)

Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر ‎) was a sahabah, one of the companions 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 one who does things the earliest, a name given since he was the first adult man to believe in Muhammad's teachings without question or doubt.

The name is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Aboubacar etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately.

Persons with the name

People with the name include:

Early Islam and Medieval

Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr (died 633), son of caliph Abu Bakr
Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (died 658), son of caliph Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr ibn Ali (died 680), in the List of casualties in Hussain's army at the Battle of Karbala
Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (died 680), in the List of casualties in Hussain's army at the Battle of Karbala
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah
Abu Bakr al-Khallal (died 923), Muslim jurist
Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid (ca. 860-936), Iraqi scholar of Islamic studies
Abu Bakr Muhammad (died 941), Muhtajid ruler of Chaghaniyan and governor of Samanid Khurasan
Abu Bakr al-Sajistani (died 941), Islamic scholar
Abu Bakr Shibli (861-946), Sufi of Persian descent, disciple of Junayd Baghdadi
Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (880-946), Arab shatranj player
Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia (died 997), historian and author born in Córdoba, Spain
Abu Bakr Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Qays al-Wahshiyah, or Ibn Wahshiyya (9th/10th centuries), Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian
Abu Bakr al-Alami al-Idrissi (died 10th-century),ancestor of the Alami Sayyids of Morocco and leader of the Beni Arrous tribe
Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (late 10th Century), Bukhara sufi, author of the Kitab at-ta'arruf
Abu Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baqillani (930-1013), Iraqi Islamic scholar, theologian and logician
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak (941-1015) Muslim Imam, specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith scholar from the Shafi'i Madhab
Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet
Abu Bakr ibn Umar (died 1087), Moroccan Almoravid ruler
Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi (1059–1127), Muslim jurist and political theorist from Tortosa, Spain
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076-1148), judge and scholar of Maliki law from al-Andalus
Abu Bakr Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman (1078–1160) poet in al-Andalus
Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja al-Tujibi, known as Avempace, (ca. 1085–1138), 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; (1105–1185), Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher
Abu Bakr al-Hassar or Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyash al Hassar (12th century), Muslim mathematician from Morocco
al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub or Al-Adil I (1145–1218), Ayyubid-Egyptian general, brother of Saladin
Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (1200-1261), Muslim theologian in Spain
Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad or Al-Adil II (1221?-1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt
Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231–1260), ruler of Shiraz
Abu Bakr (mansa) (died 1285), Prince of the Mali Empire
Abu Bakr II (died 1312?), Prince of the Mali Empire
Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, known as Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya (1292–1350), Sunni Islamic jurist, astronomer, chemist, philosopher, psychologist and theologian
Saif ad-Din Abu-Bakr (ca. 1321-1341), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Abu Bakr ibn Faris (died 1359), Marinid Sultan of Morocco
Abu Bakr Shah (died 1390), ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty
Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (1335–1404), Sunni Shafi`i Islamic scholar from Cairo
Aboobakuru I of the Maldives (died 1443?), sultan of Maldives during 1443
Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508), Hadhrami religious scholar of sufism and poet
Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat (died after 1514), ruler in eastern Central Asia, an amir of the Dughlat tribe
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (died 1526), sultan of Adal
Abu Bakr Mirza (died 1602), self-declared Shah of Shirvan after downfall of Kavus Mirza
Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i (died 1671), head of the zawiyya of Dila, Morocco

Eighteenth Century to Modern

Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr (died 1809), Sultan of Pate, Kenya
Abu Bakr Atiku (1782–1842), sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire
Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan (died 1852), emir of Harar
Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr (died 1866), emir of Harar
Abu Bakr Effendi (1814–1880), Osmanli qadi in the Cape of Good Hope from 1862 to 1880
Abu Bakar of Johor (1833–1895), Sultan of Johor
Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, or just Mulla Effendi (1863-1942), Kurdish Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer and politician
Abu Bakar bin Taha (1882–1956), Yemen-born Islamic educator in Singapore
Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (1897-1975), Pakistani political scientist and first vice-chancellor of Karachi University
Abu Bakar of Pahang (1904–1974), Sultan of Pahang
Abu Bakr Khairat (1910-1963), Egyptian composer of classical music
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966), first prime minister of independent Nigeria
Kottumala Aboobacker Musliyar (Kottumala Usthad) (1918-1987), leader of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Kerala, India
Abu Bakar Bashir (born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric
Datti Abubakar (1939-2005), Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (born 1939), Yemeni politician and sometime Prime Minister
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar (born 1939), leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni (sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India
Abubakar Rimi (1940–2010), Nigerian politician
Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician
Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian general and politician
Aboubacar Somparé (born 1944), Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly
Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal (born 1946), admiral in the Malaysian Navy
Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician
Boubaker Ayadi (born 1949), Tunisian author
Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1952-2011), Libyan Minister of Defence under Gaddafi
Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1956), Sultan of Sokoto in northern Nigeria
Abu Bakr, name used by Australian militant activist Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born ca. 1960)
Aboubakr Jamaï (born 1968), Moroccan journalist and banker
Abu Bakker Qassim (born 1969), Uyghur who was held in Guantanamo Bay
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (born 1971), caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Abu Bakr Mansha (born 1983/1984), convicted under the British Terrorism Act 2000
Abu Bakr Baira, libyan politician, Acting President of the Council of Deputies of Libya
Abu-Bakr al-Mansouri, libyan politician, secretary for Agriculture, Animal Wealth and Marine Resources
Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago.
Aboubacar Ibrahim Abani, Nigerian diplomat
Abu Bakr As-sudani, also known as Ahmed Babikir, Sudanese-born British Islamic scholar, Imam and murshid
Aboubacar Doumbia, also known as Abou Nidal, Ivorian singer
Roqia Abubakr, one of the first four women elected to parliament in Afghanistan

Footballers and other athletes

Abu Bakr Ratib (active 1928), Egyptian fencer
Abubakar Al-Mass(born 1955), Yemeni footballer
Aboubacar Cissé (born 1969), Ivorian footballer
Aboubacar Titi Camara, (born 1972), Guinean footballer
Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (born 1977), Guinean football referee
Abubaker Tabula (born 1980), Ugandan footballer
Aboubacar Guindo (born 1981), Malian footballer
Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer
Abubakr Al Abaidy (born 1981), Libyan footballer
Aboubacar Bangoura (footballer) (born 1982), Guinean international footballer
Abubakari Yahuza (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
Aboubacar Tandia (born 1983), French footballer
Aboubacar Sylla (born 1983), Guinean footballer
Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 1983), Qatari runner who has specialized in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer
Radanfah Abu Bakr (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
Me Aboubacar Diomande (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
Aboubacar Camara (footballer born 1988) (born 1988), Guinean footballer
Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 1989), Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres
Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (born 1990), Malaysian 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 Bakar, Bangladeshi warship