Jaber

For other uses, see Jaber (disambiguation).

Jaber (Arabic: جابر‎‎) is an Arabic name for males used as a given name and surname. Alternative spellings are Gaber and Jabir.

People with the given name

• Jaber Abu Hussein (c. 1913–1992), Arabic poet
• Jaber Al-Ameri (born 1986), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Jaber Al-Owaisi (born 1989), Omani footballer
• Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1926-2006), 13th ruler of Kuwait
  • Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
  • Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre
  • Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah Causeway
• Jaber I Al-Sabah (1770–1859), third ruler of Kuwait
• Jaber II Al-Sabah (1860–1917), eighth ruler of Kuwait
• Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (born 1942), Prime Minister of Kuwait
• Jaber Al Mutairi (born 1990), Kuwaiti footballer
• Jaber Alwan (born 1948), Italian artist
• Jaber Ansari (born 1987), Iranian football player
• Jaber Behrouzi (born 1991), Iranian weightlifter
• Jaber Ebdali (born c. 1975), Iranian businessman and white-collar criminal
• Jaber A. Elbaneh (born 1966), or Gabr al-Bana, Yemeni-American terrorist
• Jaber F. Gubrium (born 1943) is an American sociologist
• Jaber Hagawi (born 1981), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Jaber Mustafa (born 1997), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Jaber Rouzbahani (born 1986), Iranian basketball player
• Jaber Saeed Salem, born Yani Marchokov (born 1975), Qatari weightlifter

People with the surname

• Abdul Malik Jaber, Palestinian businessman
• Abdullah Jaber (born 1993), Palestinian footballer
• Ahmed Abdu Jaber (born 1996), Eritrean footballer
• Ahmad Ali Jaber (born 1982), Iraqi football goalkeeper
• Ahmed Jumah Jaber (born 1983), Qatari long-distance runner
• Ali Jaber (born 1961), Lebanese journalist, media consultant and TV personality
• Ali Hassan al-Jaber (1955–2011), camera operator killed in the Libyan Civil War
• Assem Jaber (born 1946), Lebanese diplomat
• Fahad Abo Jaber (born 1985), Saudi footballer
• Fatima Al Jaber (born 1965), COO of Al Jaber Group
• Haji Jaber (born 1976), Eritrean novelist
• Hala Jaber, Lebanese-British journalist
• Hessa Al Jaber, Qatari engineer, academic and politician
• Hisham Jaber (born 1942), Lebanese Major General
• Inaya Jaber (born 1958), a Lebanese writer, artist and singer
• Kaltham Jaber (born 1958), Qatari writer and poet
• Khalid Al-Jaber, Qatari academic
• Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (born 1959), Saudi Arabian-born Austrian-British billionaire and philanthropist
• Mohammed Jaber (footballer) (born 1989), Emirati footballer
• Naji Jaber (1940–2009), Syrian actor
• Rabee Jaber (born 1972), Lebanese author, novelist and journalist
• Rabih Jaber (born 1987), Swedish singer of Lebanese descent
• Salih Jaber (born 1985), Iraqi football player
• Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Emirati politician and businessman
• Tamara Jaber (born 1982), Australian pop singer-songwriter
• Tawfik Jaber (died 2008), chief of police in Gaza, killed in the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
• Yassine Jaber, Lebanese politician
• Sami Al-Jaber (born 1972), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Zaid Jaber (born 1991), Jordanian footballer
• Zara Nutley (Zahrah Mary Chassib Jaber, 1924–2016), British television actress