Bakare
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Yoruba |
Origin | |
Word/name | Nigerian |
Meaning | Abubakar or Abubakr, the nickname of the first Caliph of Islam. |
Region of origin | South West, Nigeria |
Bákàrè Muslims, particularly within the Yoruba community. Derived from Arabic, "Abubakar or Abubakr", the nickname of the first Caliph of Islam.[1] The 'Abu' part is dispensed with, and the 'bakar' part gets a terminal vowel according to Yoruba morphological patterns.
is a Nigerian male given name and surname predominantly used amongNotable individuals with the name
[edit]- Airat Bakare (born 1967), Nigerian female sprinter
- Ariyon Bakare, (born 1971), Nigerian English actor
- Ayo Bakare (born 1960), Nigerian basketball coach
- Ayinde Bakare (1912–1972), Nigerian musician
- Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (born 1970), Nigerian academic, writer and editor
- Tunde Bakare (Born 1954), Nigerian prophetic-apostolic pastor
- Ibrahim Bakare (born 2002), Nigerian English footballer
- Laide Bakare, Nigerian actress
- Michael Bakare (born 1986), Nigerian English footballer
- Musa Bakare (born 1971), Nigerian swimmer
- Dami Bakare (born 22 September 1988), Nigerian British volleyball player
- Peter Bakare (born 1997), Nigerian businessman
- Olumide Bakare (1953–2017), Nigerian actor
- Dele Bakare (born 1989), Nigerian software developer and entrepreneur
- S.B. Bakare (born 1922), Nigerian businessman
- Rasak Ojo Bakare (born 1964), Nigerian professor
- Bakare Gbadamosi (born 1930), Nigerian Yoruba poet